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Reporters run for cover as Antares rocket explodes

October 29, 2014 Spaceflight Now

An Antares rocket explodes at Wallops Island moments after launch sending reporters and photographers at the press site running for cover. The video was captured by Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark.

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