Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cygnus CRS Orb-3

Cygnus CRS Orb-3

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Original – From NASA: "The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft was filled with about 5,000 pounds of supplies slated for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions."

Reason

Amazing image, a once in a lifetime shot, with great EV and wow.

Articles in which this image appears

Cygnus CRS Orb-3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

NASA/Joel Kowsky

• Support as nominator –  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support Good EV. Becky Sayles (talk) 19:12, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support ///EuroCarGT 21:40, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support Ditto. Brandmeister^talk 22:07, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support - per nom - what a capture...--Godot13 (talk) 07:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support---See it go and then boom...--The Herald 13:59, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Antares Orb-3 launch failure (201410280009HQ).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:29, 13 November 2014 (UTC)