Tag: Orb-3
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Engine turbopump eyed in Antares launch failure
File photo of an AJ26 engine being prepared for ground testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA With investigators zeroing in on a decades-old rocket engine as the cause of a catastrophic launch mishap last week, Orbital Sciences officials said Wednesday the company plans to use other launchers to send cargo to…
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Initial damage assessment shows Antares pad intact
An aerial view of the Wallops Island launch facilities taken by the Wallops Incident Response Team on Wednesday. Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach Initial inspections of the Antares rocket’s launch pad in Virginia revealed the facility escaped major damage after sustaining nearly a direct hit from the booster as it fell to the ground in flames seconds…
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First stage propulsion system is early focus of Antares investigation
The Antares rocket’s AJ26 engines are seen during the booster’s rollout to the launch pad at Wallops Island, Va. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The first sign of failure during Tuesday’s doomed launch of an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket from Virginia came from the booster’s first stage about 15 seconds after liftoff, according to engineers studying…
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An eyewitness account: Wallops Island is burning
First, you see the rocket sputter, then pause suspended in mid-air and crash back to Earth in a blinding ball of flame. If you still have your wits, you brace for the blast wave. More than 300 tons of expensive, finely-tuned hardware was just destroyed in startling fashion. Seconds tick by like minutes. Some people…
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Orbital Sciences hopes to quickly find cause of rocket failure
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Orbital Sciences co-founder, chairman and CEO David Thompson. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A day after an explosion that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket carrying a space station cargo ship, company officials said Wednesday they hope to zero in on the likely cause of the mishap within…
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Orbital Sciences rocket, station cargo ship, lost in spectacular launch mishap
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after press briefing. Antares explodes moments after lifting off. Image: NASA TV An Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket making only its fifth flight exploded seconds after launch from the Virginia coast Tuesday, erupting in a spectacular fireball and destroying an uncrewed Cygnus cargo ship in…
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Reporters run for cover as Antares rocket explodes
An Antares rocket explodes at Wallops Island moments after launch sending reporters and photographers at the press site running for cover. The video was captured by Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark.
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Gallery: Antares rocket explodes
A sequence of images from the NASA TV broadcast of the ill-fated launch of the Antares rocket.
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Errant boat scrubs Antares launch from Virginia
The Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket sits on launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Va., after Monday’s scrub. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Officials scrubbed the launch of an Antares rocket with fresh supplies for the International Space Station on Monday after a boat sailed into restricted waters off Virginia’s Eastern Shore, violating safety rules for a…