Extended Coverage of the Wallops Island Rocket Explosion
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An Antares rocket scheduled to launch at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday from the Wallops Island Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore exploded shortly after liftoff. The unmanned commercial supply ship was bound for the International Space Station.NASA said Orbital Sciences is currently evaluating the status of its mission.
The company behind the 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.
