An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the
International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening,
with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia.
No injuries
were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial
spaceflight effort.
The accident at Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch complex at
Wallops Island was sure to draw criticism over the space agency's growing
reliance on private U.S. companies in this post-shuttle effort.
NASA is paying billions of dollars to Orbital Sciences and the SpaceX
company to make station deliveries, and it's counting on SpaceX and
Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as
2017. NASA spokesman Rob Navias said there was nothing on the lost
flight that was urgently needed by the six people living on the space
station.
NASA is paying billions of dollars to Orbital Sciences and the SpaceX
company to make station deliveries, and it's counting on SpaceX and
Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as
2017. NASA spokesman Rob Navias said there was nothing on the lost
flight that was urgently needed by the six people living on the space
station.
The company behind Wednesday's dramatic launch explosion of
a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is
warning residents to avoid any
potentially hazardous wreckage.
potentially hazardous wreckage.
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