NASA Livestream: Commercial Space Rocket Launches for First Time (Aborted)

The 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.

Note to self, go outside when they re-launch.

For the curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares_(rocket) 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.

Just 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"

You 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.

They had to abort for the day because of a premature detachment of an umbilical cord to the second stage. Damn.

Aborting. "Premature disengagement of umbilical on second stage"

They aborted, no launch today...