--- title: Gallery: Photos of NASA's Catastrophic Antares Launch description: Photos o fan unmanned Orbital Sciences rocket that exploded shortly after launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. canonical: https://time.com/4100035/nasa-antares-launch-photos-gallery/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-05T03:13:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:44:36.872Z article:section: Science og:title: See NASA's Photos of the Catastrophic Antares Rocket Launch og:description: Luckily, nobody was hurt. og:url: https://time.com/4100035/nasa-antares-launch-photos-gallery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c7aadcfc3023855/69886f98a988caddb16b5225/atk-launch-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: ATK-Launch-1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See NASA's Photos of the Catastrophic Antares Rocket Launch twitter:description: Luckily, nobody was hurt. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c7aadcfc3023855/69886f98a988caddb16b5225/atk-launch-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See NASA's Photos of Last Year's 'Catastrophic' Antares Rocket Launch > Sponsored content. 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