Rocket Explodes on Liftoff
Associated Press
ATLANTIC, Va. —
A $20-million rocket carrying a satellite for scientific experiments in space exploded about 45 seconds after liftoff, leaving its builders wondering what went wrong.
The five-story, commercially designed Conestoga rocket veered out of control and plunged into the Atlantic about 12 miles off the coast. It was launched Monday from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility.
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