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  • gold stinger
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    NASA rocket explodes 6 seconds after launch

    News is still in development. Live camera feed of the aftermath is up on the main NASA website.

    NASA live: Follow live television broadcasts on NASA+, the agency's streaming service, and NASA's social media channels with this schedule of upcoming live events including news briefings, launches and landings.


    The rocket in question that blew up was Cygnus CRS Orb-3. Info being collected & updated on wikipedia at an alarming rate.



    Originally posted by Wikipedia
    Cygnus CRS Orb-3, also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 3 or Orbital 3 (Orb-3), was the fourth planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' Cygnus automated cargo spacecraft, would have been its fourth flight to the International Space Station and was the fifth launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. However, the launch was unsuccessful, with the Antares rocket suffering a failure and crashing back to the launch pad.

    The mission was scheduled to launch on October 27, 2014, at 22:45 UTC, with rendezvous and berthing with the ISS early in the morning on November 2. The launch was scrubbed due to safety concerns of a boat entering the zone too close to the launch. A 24 hour delay was put in place, with the next launch opportunity scheduled for 22:22:38 UTC on October 28, 2014. This was the first night-time launch for both the Antares launcher and Cygnus spacecraft.

    The Antares rocket carrying the Orb-3 Cygnus launched as scheduled on October 28, 2014, but suffered a catastrophic failure seconds after launch, falling back onto Pad 0A and exploding.

    Orb-3 carried a variety of NASA-manifested payloads, some determined fairly late in the days before the launch. In addition, the Arkyd-3 satellite would have been transported to the ISS on this flight.


    edit: video of the explosion as it happened has been uploaded to youtube.

    Last edited by gold stinger; 10-28-2014, 05:19 PM.
    Originally posted by YoshL
    butts.



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  • Xiz
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    Re: NASA rocket explodes 6 seconds after launch

    Just leave the space stuff to Redbull, Nasa

    (but really though... so sad...)
    Last edited by Xiz; 10-28-2014, 05:03 PM.

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    • ItsOnlyDanO
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      Re: NASA rocket explodes 6 seconds after launch

      I just saw the footage of this

      It all looks fine then welp it explodes, don't know what the cause is yet
      Last edited by ItsOnlyDanO; 10-28-2014, 05:03 PM. Reason: grammatical error
      Ghosts appear and fade away.......

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      • Fission
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        Last edited by Fission; 10-28-2014, 05:06 PM.

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        • Zageron
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          Re: NASA rocket explodes 6 seconds after launch

          bird nest in the intake

          but really, that sucks. o_o
          Last edited by Zageron; 10-28-2014, 05:09 PM.

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          • gold stinger
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            Originally posted by Zageron
            bird nest in the intake
            sauce plese
            Originally posted by YoshL
            butts.



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            • MinaciousGrace
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              #7
              Re: NASA rocket explodes 6 seconds after launch

              oh those poor souls

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              • justin_ator
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                For anyone like me who wasn't able to watch the feed and wanted to see it

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                • choof
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                  Originally posted by MinaciousGrace
                  oh those poor souls
                  unmanned

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                  • MinaciousGrace
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                    Originally posted by choof
                    unmanned
                    would i make such a comment if i thought it was manned

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                    • choof
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                      Originally posted by MinaciousGrace
                      would i make such a comment if i thought it was manned
                      Jurugar[x|c]: down is for something existential

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                      • gold stinger
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                        mfw the director says not to speculate the issues & not to disclose info to media outlets.

                        the incident is already world news.
                        Originally posted by YoshL
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                        • gold stinger
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                          media outlets are now picking up the info online. TV News stations are already reporting on the issue.



                          time for speculation.

                          Originally posted by slate.com
                          As launch expert Jonathan McDowell notes, the first stage is built by the Ukranian company Yuzhnoe and uses Aerojet AJ-26 engines which are Russian NK-33 engines. These are very old engines (built in the 1960s and 70s) that are refurbished. While it’s not known if these were the cause of the explosion, they’re an obvious bet and I’m sure will be the primary suspect in the investigation. A recent test of one engine ended in failure.
                          sticking around for a supposed News Conference to officially address the issue.
                          Last edited by gold stinger; 10-28-2014, 05:28 PM.
                          Originally posted by YoshL
                          butts.



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                          • dashoe93
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                            #14
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                            This blows.

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                            • DossarLX ODI
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                              This reminds me of the Columbia Disaster. It better not have been another case of engineers being ignored by big cheeses.
                              Last edited by DossarLX ODI; 10-28-2014, 07:03 PM.
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