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#Antares rocket launch heats up private space race Watch out Spacex there's a new commercial rocket in town.
After a few delays due to weather and a technical glitch the Antares launch vehicle lifted off on its maiden flight on 21 april.
Antares built by spaceflight company Orbital Sciences of Dulles Virginia lifted off from the Mid-atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island Virginia at 22.00 GMT.
Antares was designed to deliver the company's Cygnus cargo craft to the ISS. For the test flight the rocket climbed high into a clear blue sky carrying a mock cargo ship with the same mass
#Antares orb-3 accident A very unfortunate incident for NASA and the commercial orbital transportation services program took place yesterday.
The Antares rocket that was about to send the Cygnus spacecraft on the ISS exploded a few seconds after its launch from NASA's Wallops flight facilities.
The Antares launcher and the Cygnus spacecraft it was carrying were developed both and operated by Orbital Sciences corporation one of the two private companies
Antares is a two-stage rocket and in its first stage it uses a pair of liquid propellant motors originally designed (and constructed!)
and their will to resume Antares/Cygnus missions after the accident investigation is resolved. The COTS program apart from its obvious mission of ISS resupply also aims to validate the privately developed Dragon and Cygnus spacecraft.
The space agency also signed a $1. 9 billion deal with Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to fly eight such missions using the company's Cygnus spacecraft and Antares rocket.
when Antares exploded shortly after liftoff y
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