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Video2014’s top stories in spaceflight
The year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the thin margins between success and failure on the final frontier. 2014 was also a year of breakthroughs in the exploration of the solar system and the future of human spaceflight.
VideoReporters run for cover as Antares rocket explodes
An Antares rocket explodes at Wallops Island moments after launch sending reporters and photographers at the press site running for cover.
Orbital Sciences rocket, station cargo ship, lost in spectacular launch mishap
An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket exploded seconds after launch from the Virginia coast Tuesday, erupting in a spectacular fireball and destroying the company's third operational Cygnus cargo ship in a disheartening failure for NASA's commercial space station resupply program.
Live Coverage: Antares explodes moments after launch
An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo ship has exploded moments after lift off from Wallops Island, Virginia.