Video NASA Antares Rocket EXPLOSION - Launch Failure [OFFICIAL] [LIVE]
NASA Antares cargo rocket explodes on take-off to International Space station in launch half the Eastern seaboard waited to see
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
Public urged to stay away from debris
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
A Nasa rocket due to be visible across the East Coast on its way to the International Space Station has blown up on the launchpad.
The rocket exploded six seconds after liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia.
Engineers said there were no problems reported before the launch, say they have 'no early indications' of what went wrong.
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