North East USA

[Jared]

I live in the UK, so this doesn't apply to me, but for anyone living in the USA on the east coast, this might be interesting

Watch The Antares Rocket Launch Tonight Live | IFLScience

 

[Corrine]

I understand the launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow night (28Oct2014) at 6:22 EST. Apparently the launch was scrubbed because there was a boat within the safety range.

 

[Corrine]

A couple of stories about the delay/reschedule:

Boats be gone: Second chance for Antares rocket launch Tuesday evening
A Rocket Launch Was Delayed Monday Because Of A Boat — How Could A Boat Interfere With A Rocket? - Yahoo Finance

 

[Corrine]

Rocket explodes seconds after launch at NASA pad in Virginia - NY Daily News

 

[Wrench97]

Oops. they should have stuck with the boat....................

 

[jcgriff2]

Obviously not able to see it in the Southern sky from NJ.

I wonder what happened.

I didn't know that NASA had a Launchpad in Virginia. I thought only FL and out West.

 

[Jared]

It only had six seconds of flight time.
It's good that no one was hurt.

 

[Wrench97]

I wonder what happened.

One of the very important parts in the bottom broke :)

I didn't know that NASA had a Launchpad in Virginia. I thought only FL and out West.

Officially it's called the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

 

[jcgriff2]

Ch 6 news said it was a private commercial rocket.

Its payload included 2.5 tons of equipment destined for the International Space Station.

It also had an Ocean City, NJ, High School science project on board containing E. coli bacteria + lettuce (dinner, perhaps? :0 )