ISS Rocket Explodes After Take-Off _{ Scream The News }_ An unmanned rocket exploded shortly after takeoff Tuesday evening on Virginia’s eastern shore. Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket was carrying thousands of pounds of equipment to restock the International Space Station. .... The cost of the launch was around $200 million, while the total cost for the cargo is yet to be determined, NASA revealed at the press conference. Along with 32 mini-research satellites, a meteor tracker and a tank of high-pressure nitrogen to replenish a vestibule used by spacewalking astronauts, the company stowed a post-Halloween surprise for the two Americans, three Russians and one German aboard the ISS, Orbital said at a prelaunch news conference Sunday. .... Some of the cargo that Antares failed to deliver Tuesday will be taken up to the ISS in December, Suffredini added. It will be delivered via a SpaceX craft, which has already been scheduled to take off in a separate $1.6 billion launch. SpaceX, a privately owned company headed by technology billionaire Elon Musk, has been working to be the first commercial company to take astronauts to space as early as 2017 via reusable spacecraft. However, its launches have not all gone smoothly too, with an unmanned Falcon 9R rocket exploding mid-air late August during a test flight. .... (MORE) ---> rt/usa/200283-nasa-antares-rocket-explodes/ Vid source ---> youtube/watch?v=bx1CeHFeea0 Question Everything... SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS AND JOIN THE DISCUSSION AT SCREAM THE NEWS ➨https://facebook/ScreamTheNews :)
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:42:34 +0000
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