Big Bada Boom. Antares Explosion Sequence from our team in the field.
The engines were built by the Soviets back in the 60’s… Not designed in the 60’s, but built back then for the doomed N-1 program (all flights ended a bit like this one), and refurbished here.
Here’s a video capturing the emotion in the pit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0SgAU9LXI&feature=youtu.be&t=25s
It’s a good thing that this debut flight of the Castor 30XL solid upper stage did not ignite midair, like this Delta rocket: http://youtu.be/Tg-uLrGmjkg?t=40s
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