MADRID, 29 Oct. (@ CIENCIAPLUS) –
Antares rocket unmanned US firm Orbital Science Corporation nothing exploded Tuesday off to the International Space Station with supplies.
The rocket carried a Cygnus freighter with 2,267 kilos of equipment, It has also been destroyed. The explosion, which occurred only in the dark, could be viewed tens of miles away.
huge fireball wrapped the rocket and launch pad. Wallops base, from where came the takeoff, not far from the city of Washington.
The company has confirmed in a statement that the vehicle suffered a “failure catastráfico “six seconds of the launch, at 23.22 Spanish time from the Spaceport in Wallops, Virginia.
According to officials of emergency operations at NASA, there was no injury while materials were limited to the southern portion of Wallops Island. Orbital has formed a board investigation of anomalies.
“It’s too early to know the details of what happened “said Frank Culbertson, Orbital Executive Vice President. “We will conduct a thorough investigation immediately to determine the cause of this failure and what steps can be taken to avoid a repeat of this incident. As soon as we understand the cause back to work for the nation’s space program.”
From the NASA , contractor supplies botched mission, William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the Office of Human Exploration and Operations, said in a statement your interest in fully understanding the mishap to advance future missions. Also made clear that the crew of the International Space Station is in no danger of running out of food and other essential supplies.
“Orbital has demonstrated extraordinary abilities in his first two missions to the station earlier this year, and we know that they can repeat that success. The rocket is an incredibly difficult task, and we must learn from each success and each failure . The failure will not deter us from our work to expand our capacity already successful to launch cargo from US shores to the International Space Station. “
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