U.S. astronaut says Space Station "somber" after rocket explosion
Reuters
2014-10-29
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NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore says the mood aboard the International Space Station is "somber" the day after an unmanned U.S. supply rocket exploded after lifting off to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting station.
"We're very grateful it appears no one was injured. That's the first thing that came to all of our minds. We were watching the event. They had it piped up to us live as it was taking place, and that was of course our first concern," NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore told a Tennessee radio station in an interview from the orbiting outpost.
Authorities on Wednesday (October 28) started investigating what made the rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off from a launch pad in Virginia.
Wilmore said the loss of the supply vessel posed no major problem for the orbiting station's six-member crew.
One of the supplies on the failed Orbital delivery was a shipment of American food. Wilmor
NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore says the mood aboard the International Space Station is "somber" the day after an unmanned U.S. supply rocket exploded after lifting off to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting station.
"We're very grateful it appears no one was injured. That's the first thing that came to all of our minds. We were watching the event. They had it piped up to us live as it was taking place, and that was of course our first concern," NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore told a Tennessee radio station in an interview from the orbiting outpost.
Authorities on Wednesday (October 28) started investigating what made the rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off from a launch pad in Virginia.
Wilmore said the loss of the supply vessel posed no major problem for the orbiting station's six-member crew.
One of the supplies on the failed Orbital delivery was a shipment of American food. Wilmor
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