six seconds after liftoff, on 28 October an unmanned Antares rocket commis-
sioned by NASA and bound for the International Space Station (ISS) exploded
just over the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. The explosion of the rocket,
built by Orbital Sciences Corp., incinerated numerous scientific experiments
on board as well as 748 kg of supplies for the six astronauts on the ISS. Among
the losses were 18 experiments by students from across the United States and Canada; a high-resolution camera developed by the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, to observe the chemical composition of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere; and an experiment to test materials for their suitability as solar sails, which use radiation pressures from stars to propel spacecraft without burning fuel. http://scim.ag/Antaresrocket
the losses were 18 experiments by students from across the United States and Canada; a high-resolution camera developed by the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, to observe the chemical composition of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere; and an experiment to test materials for their suitability as solar sails, which use radiation pressures from stars to propel spacecraft without burning fuel. http://scim.ag/Antaresrocket
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