VIDEO: Antares rocket explosion turns into massive fireball

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (KABC) -- The Antares rocket blew up six seconds after lifting off for the space station last month. Thanks to AmericaSpace and Zero-G News, recently released video shows what happened.

The rocket seems to lift off without a hitch. Seconds later, a huge explosion lights up the night sky and flaming debris falls on the launch site.

No one was injured, but the more than $200 million mission was a total loss.

It was the first failure after an unbroken string of successful commercial cargo flights to the space station since 2012 - three by Orbital and five by SpaceX, the other U.S. company hired by NASA to deliver supplies.

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