Private Rocket Explosion Sparks Investigation by NASA, Orbital Sciences NASA and the Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched an in-depth investigation into the loss of an Antares rocket and its ...

For the latest Antares updates see: Rocket blows up seconds after launching Update at 9 p.m. ET: The NASA press conference following the Antares rocket explosion is scheduled to begin momentarily ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- The country was mesmerized Oct. 28 by the launch of the Antares rocket at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, but not for what went right. About 15 seconds into flight, the ...

NASA spent $15 million to repair a launch pad damaged in the explosion just after takeoff. ... Orbital's Antares rocket lifted off on schedule at 6:22 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2014.

Unmanned rocket exploded seconds after launch. This Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch at NASA's ...

Last night, an Antares rocket exploded 14 seconds after launch. No one was harmed by the explosion, though the launch site will have sustained significant damage. We don't yet know the cause of ...

WALLOP, Va.-- An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket carrying an unmanned cargo craft bound for the International Space Station exploded into flames Tuesday evening moments after launch at NASA's Mid ...

An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes shortly after lifting off on a private cargo mission toward the International Space Station on Oct .28, 2014 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in ...

Last night, an unmanned Antares rocket carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station exploded in a huge fireball seconds after liftoff. No one was hurt, but in ...

Three students from Duchesne Academy in Texas are seen in this video grab speaking about the loss of their projects after the Antares supply rocket exploded on Oct. 28, 2014 in Wallops Island, Va.

The tale of the engines that propelled the Antares rocket, which exploded in a spectacular ball of flame in Virginia Tuesday night, begins four decades ago, thousands of miles away, in the land of ...