Atlantic, Virginia: The company behind the dramatic launch explosion of a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is warning residents to avoid any potentially hazardous wreckage.
Orbital Sciences Corp.’s unmanned Antares rocket blew up just moments after liftoff on Tuesday from the Virginia coast.
Meanwhile, early on Wednesday, the Russian Space Agency launched its own cargo vessel from Kazakhstan and the spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station six hours later with 3 tons of food. The smooth flight was in stark contrast to the Orbital Sciences’ failed launch, and had been planned well in advance of the accident.
The rocket was carrying a Cygnus capsule loaded with 2 tons of space station experiments and equipment for NASA. No one was injured when the rocket exploded.
