Unmanned U.S. supply rocket for space station explodes on liftoff
(Adds comments about unknown cause of failure, adequate supplies; concerns about Russian engines in U.S. rockets) By Irene Klotz Oct 28 (Reuters) - An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after...
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Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket exploded mid-air shortly after liftoff on Oct. 28, 2014. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky View full size image The commercial spaceflight company Orbital Sciences said today...
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An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No...
View ArticleDoomed Antares Rocket Powered by Refurbished Soviet Engines
The private American rocket that exploded shortly after liftoff Tuesday evening (Oct. 28) was powered partly by an engine built to get cosmonauts to the moon in the 1960s. Orbital Sciences Corp.'s...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch...
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View ArticleWallops Island takes stock of damage after rocket explosion
Gerald Matthews can clearly see the charred launch pad where an Antares rocket exploded upon liftoff Tuesday, and said he has long feared such a mishap just 1.6 miles from his 55-acre farm. He called...
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updated 10:31 PM EST, Wed November 5, 2014 On what was to be a resupply mission to the International Space Station, an unmanned NASA-contracted rocket exploded seconds after launch Tuesday, October 28,...
View ArticleAntares: Supply rocket headed to space station explodes at liftoff
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View ArticleIn US, search for answers after Antares space rocket explosion
An image provided by NASA shows the moment of the Antares rocket explosion. Photo: NASA Washington: With a launch pad in Virginia covered in rocket debris,investigators began to figure out why the...
View ArticleAntares explosion: Supply rocket headed to ISS explodes at liftoff
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site...
View ArticleSupply rocket headed to space station explodes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch...
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CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of using...
View ArticleRocket engines suspected in NASA launch explosion
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of...
View ArticleRussian ‘joke’ engines suspected of causing disastrous rocket explosion
THE explosion that destroyed a $200 million unmanned rocket on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by its 1960s era Russian-built engines. As crews searched for scorched wreckage along the coast of...
View ArticleRussian engines suspected of causing disastrous rocket explosion
THE explosion that destroyed a $200 million unmanned rocket on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by its 1960s era Russian-built engines. As crews searched for scorched wreckage along the coast of...
View ArticleAntares rocket explosion a commercial spaceflight setback; environmental...
Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using private companies to...
View ArticleRussian rocket engines suspected in launch blast
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of determining why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using...
View ArticleRocket explosion setback for commercial space
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of...
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