At a press conference arranged only a few hours after the event, NASA released details of theexplosion of the Antares rocket carrying the unmanned Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS). The space agency said that the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, where the 240,000-kg (530,000-lb) rocket went up in flames seconds after lift off has been cordoned off by firefighters until daylight because of the on-going hazards from fires, and scattered solid and hypergolic fuel from the Antares... Continue Reading NASA releases more information on Antares explosion
Section: Space
Tags: Antares, Cygnus, Explosion, International Space Station, NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Planetary Resources, Spacecraft, Unmanned
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