Jersey science class sees it all firsthand. Good evening, im jessica dean. And im chris may. Tonight a full investigation is under way into this catastrophic failure in the sky. A rocket on its way to the International Space station exploded on launch and the dreams of some local students burned up with it. For 14 seconds the unmanned rocket ascended into the skies above Wallops Island virginia and then it all went wrong. Hours after its catastrophic failure we kind with the franklin institutes chief astronomer derek pits. Reporter whats your reaction. Theres always a chance that a connection can fail or a fuel line could fail. The 14 story rocket was loaded with 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space station. While not critical to its mission the loss is still significant. Its a significant loss in that its always a cost its a major cost. This is tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars, you know, that is destroyed in this explosion. For many others it was
Astronomer derek pits. Reporter whats your reaction. Theres always a chance that a connection can fail or a fuel line could fail. The 14 story rocket was loaded with 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space station. While not critical to its mission the loss is still significant. Its a significant loss in that its always a cost its a major cost. This is tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars, you know, that is destroyed in this explosion. For many others it was simply disappointing. A group of students from Ocean City High School who had a science experiment on board the rocket saw it crash if near the launch pad. Tonight one of those students Christina Redmond tweeted that was the most tragic and scary thing i ever witnessed. Everyone from oc is okay and were praying for everyone else involved. Indeed thats the Silver Lining no one was injured. Late tuesday nasa said theres plenty of time for a future mission to resupply the space station. We will fly agai
Three previous rocket launches from the same company. We will all get more answers in the coming weeks. Its time to look at our forecast. I think we will get some changes today. Lets check in with tom kierein for your forecast. The cloud cover hailed in some of the warmth. Around the nearby neighborhoods its in the 60s starting off early on this wednesday morning. These are the average highs this time of year. Here we are predawn hovering in the 60s fairfax, Prince Georges County. And right near the bay its in the mid60s. A few spots dipped in the 50s. Manassas, 57 showers advancing southwest to northeast, western maryland. Getting rain in garrett county, to the north in southwestern pennsylvania. It stretches across west virginia, advancing to the north and east, closer towards winchester, shenandoah later this morning around 8 00, 9 00 this morning. Coming up at 4 41, the changes on the way for the day ahead. 270 headed northbound at 85, some is construction taking up the right lane.
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