RAW VIDEO: Close-up view of Antares rocket explosion at Wallops Island, Virginia

[@kpal.]

I watched this from my backyard.... i remember it so well.

[@hotelmario5203]

Do you have a video

[@kpal.]

@@hotelmario5203 No, at that time we were kids (around 11 years old) and we didn't have phones.

[@hotelmario5203]

Katie Palmer aww how loud was it and how far were you

[@beastbomber2316]

same bro

[@mrjim1973]

Still think we went to the moon?

[@generationfallout5189]

Thats one expensive malfunction

[@MIKEYPOOHBEARJACKSON]

I was waiting for it to show from a beach in my state and someone notified us it exploded. I was mad. But i cought the next one later in the years. It was amazing.

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

I dont get why is this such a massively publicized rocket explosion. Like look at spaceX

[@ronchappel4812]

What are the cloud of 'sparkles' that appear at 50 sec in?

[@tartimooal7898]

Stardust, obviously.

[@WinterCedar]

Bus?

[@mr._bean_is_a_nice_guy7999]

Bus

[@Shadow_7685]

Bus

[@SpaceflightRocketShorts]

Bus

[@SneakySolidSnake]

is "bus" supposed to be america's answer to all-akbar. it sounds pretty silly, lol.

[@GNP3WP3W]

What’s funny are the people in the background. Like they’re close enough for the explosion to affect them. Haha NASA won’t have a civilian anywhere near the launchpad for this exact reason

[@ymg200]

Observers were actually affected. Not by the blast itself, but by the wind moving the toxic cloud at them. After that accident Wallops has expanded the "blast zone" where observers are not allowed.

[@georgegleason2511]

I KNOW! MAYBE THE ROCKET RAN INTO A BUNCH OF DUCKS.THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE YELLING , DUCK , DUCK ,DUCK........... 😆😆😆

[@StoneInMySandal]

The people in the background are hilarious. They’re four miles away from the pad. A 10 KT nuclear bomb wouldn’t have hurt them that far away.

[@suezcanal6631]

I live little bit inland and got on the top of my hill to watch go through the air and then I felt the shake. So I waited and never saw it. Turned on the nasa channel and they were playing replays on TV

[@hotelmario5203]

Did you take a video?

[@IllogicalVoid]

Did anyone die :(?!?

[@hotelmario5203]

No

[@sargentdoggo297]

No

[@johnstreet797]

that's not gonna buff out

[@spockofdune8657]

this explosion packs Wallops !!!

[@Plumeria808]

Amazing video.

[@stopmotionguy7155]

Is this real

[@joenahhbuyerr]

Stop Motion guy Very. We could see it for hundreds of miles

[@lpsdeadwolf8099]

Yes my aunts tralor was shaking

[@Shadow_7685]

Stop Motion guy noooo. Obviously yeah

[@nelytorres5233]

Wow that WAS SCARY rocket

[@georgegleason2511]

INTERESTING "COLOR COMMENTARY" FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY.

[@Brad84L]

camera guy had one job to do....🤦‍♂

[@nelytorres5233]

Is that á fire

[@Shadow_7685]

Nely Torres idk I think its water

[@sargentdoggo297]

Zenix yeah probably just water

[@Bhatt_Hole]

is he died? (why don't we say that anymore?)

[@hotelmario5203]

Nobody was in the rocket

[@HabitualBran]

bounced on my boys rocket ship to this for at least 3 moons, hey do you guys remember when we sent helpless animals to space? if thats where heaven is then russia definitely won the space race this year. anyways one love galactic conquest over and out.

[@Alan-ii9te]

And fireworks are illegal in Virginia 😆

[@spacexksp-vojtak9908]

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