Explosion Antares destroyed the secrets USA

National aeronautic and space administration (NASA) wants to verify the cause of major disaster.

Off the coast of Virginia, barely started, exploded booster Antares space truck Cygnus, on Board of which was the secret NASA equipment that was supposed to go to the American sector of the ISS. Versions of what happened yet, but the International space station may be in danger.

Unmanned space truck Hosts promised to bring more than 2 tons of baggage to the International space station, but just managed to break away from the earth at the Baikonur Wallops in Virginia. 6 seconds after launch, the missile exploded. No personnel of the spaceport was not injured, but the launch pad caused significant harm, it will have to be restored.

"Apparently, the accident Antares rocket greatly ruined the launch complex. It is unlikely that the results will deliver quickly. I think next start from here will be possible not earlier than in spring-summer the coming year. In consequence, it is possible that the Americans will ask the national party to allocate cargo ship ("Progress") for the delivery of goods on own segment," quoted a source in the Russian space industry "Interfax".

Cygnus was supposed to bring to the ISS more than 2 tons of goods: food, equipment for scientific research and a secret encryption technique. But to convince NASA that in consequence of the tragedy of the problems at the station crew will not occur on the ISS enough food and water. Also, went into orbit a Russian cargo ship "Progress", which will replenish.

As informs NTV, truck Cygnus and booster Antares owned by Orbital Sciences, one of the 2 private U.S. firms that signed contracts with NASA to deliver cargo to the ISS. 3 the last mission on orbit for Cygnus passed without conflict. NASA still don't understand what caused the failure.

"Until we know to what can be seen on the record. The 1st stage is disconnected, the rocket fell to the ground. The investigation has just started, we still have to reconstruct the chronology of what happened. While almost no clues. To check what actually happened, we still need to analyze the video, and telemetry," said Vice President of Orbital Sciences Corporation Frank Culberson.

This is the 1st American tragedy spacecraft with the time, as NASA refused Shuttle and decided to entrust the delivery of cargo to the ISS to private firms. Past the mission rocket Antares American-Ukrainian production were successful. The start was delayed for a day, but not for technical reasons. It turns out in the forbidden waters around the spaceport spotted an unknown vessel.

It is known that the Antares rocket is equipped with motors AJ-26. Actually it was done back in the 70-ies in the USSR motors HK-33, which for today's flights are modified at the Ukrainian enterprise - Pivdenne design Bureau in Dnepropetrovsk, but have they become the basis of the tragedy, professionals still claim they can't.

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