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NASA Livestream: Commercial Space Rocket Launches for First Time (Aborted)
- Moto7451 13y agoFor the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares_(rocket) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares_(rocket) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/17/177618507/counts-down-nears-on-antares-rocket-launch http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/17/177618507/cou... This is a test flight. An actual flight to the ISS will come later this year.
- cyphersanctus 13y agoThe launch was scheduled for 2 p.m PST/ 5 p.m EST. If it blasts off (weather is an issue), the 40-meter-tall Antares rocket will be the biggest thing ever launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. It will be visible up and down the Eastern Seaboard, from Charleston, South Carolina to Portland, Maine.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoNote to self, go outside when they re-launch.
- krschultz 13y agoAborting. "Premature disengagement of umbilical on second stage"
- 3JPLW 13y agoJust announced on the stream: Abort for the day, at about T-12 minutes. "There was a premature dislocation on one of the umbilicals on the second stage." "There will likely be a 48 hour re-cycle"
- lucb1e 13y agoYou are three seconds earlier than me lol. I tuned in 40 seconds ago and was like "oh it's canceled just now? Just like that?" and listened for a few seconds more to be sure.
- trbs 13y agoThey had to abort for the day because of a premature detachment of an umbilical cord to the second stage. Damn.
- trev9065 13y agoThey aborted, no launch today...