NASA rocket EXPLODES on delayed launch to ISS in $1.9bn Antares project | Daily Mail Online: Orbital Sciences Antares rocket was due to take off from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 6.22pm
Accident occurred 6 seconds after liftoff
No casualties - and damage limited to Wallops launchpad
Team said there appeared to be 'no issues' before launch
Craft contained food and experiments designed by schoolchildren
Was also carrying 'some classified cryptographic equipment'
Launch is part of $1.9bn private contract to launch cargo to space station
Flight would have been visible from Massachusetts all the way to South Carolina
Last night's attempt abandoned with seconds to go after a sailboat entered a 'hazard zone' area near the launch site
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