now, wallops island is right here. this is wallops. and you can see just how close it is to chinkatink. while there may not be damage to the area there around wallops island to the personnel, we are going to see damage to the structure that the rocket did take off from. but wouldn't be surprised to see some damage, maybe windows blown out around the chinkatink area, but here this is the smoke being picked up by the radar. you can see where the explosion was. and with the wind, that smoke just making its way straight up the islands now, right towards the ocean. so it would not be surprised -- this would continue to rise into the atmosphere and continue to go out so people over towards ocean city will be able to see this. people over towards dover or rather rehoboth beach will be able to see this smoke as it's continuing off into the atlantic ocean. this rocket was supposed to take off at 6:22, making its way out into the open waters of the atlantic. scrubbed last night due to a boater in the debris field and that's why this is called th

a glimmer of hope on wallops island, virginia. >> cleanup is under way. after that, disaster on wallops island. >> there are so many hazardous materials involved, it could take a week or longer on what caused the launch to fail seconds after liftoff. >>> today, we got an overview on the debris field and experts say it's not as bad as they feel. in atlantic, virginia, with the latest. >> reporter: there is good news coming out of the early stages of this investigation. look over my shoulder. you can see the launchpad and gantry tower are still intact. i spoke with an officially athey say that's great news and they will be able to resume launches here much sooner than they expected because they feared it would have been much worse given the magnitude of that explosion. >> launch team, launch team, be advised be at your consoles. >> reporter: reliving last night's explosion. >> we knew something was horribly wrong and you heard the explosion and fire spread everywhere. >> a large bright fire and like it came straight down, just like it was going back from wh

>>> new information right now about how an unmanned rocket exploded over wallops island in virgin. nasa says it was blown up intentionally during a problem during liftoff. >> new video from witnesses on the ground who describe a sound wave that came seconds after the explosion. >> a pilot posted this video on he captured the explosion from 3,000 feet in the air. >> and the plume of smoke that followed was so huge, it was even picked up on storm team 4 radar. od i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. that rocket was supposed to go to the international space jim handly has new details just in. >> reporter: right now, the fires up and down the beach caused by that explosion are just burning out as crews mark off wide debris fields. they'll be back out at first light tomorrow to get an even closer look. but first, let's take you back 4 1/2 hours to the beginning of that fateful launc everything seemed fine until about 12 seconds in when the rocket began to slow and then the massive explosion. at a joint press conference about an hour ago, we learned as the rocket began to fall back

i'm tom costello, wallops island, virginia. >>> now, some information on u.s. military members in west africa. >> yes this is new for news 4 midday, defense secretary hagel approvg a recommendation by the military that all u.s. troops coming back from missions in west africa will be in sued isolation for 21 days. like the quarantine laws or the orders we've seen in new york and new jersey,his goes beyond what the obama administration had called for. more than 1,000 troops are in liberia and senegal supporting this fight against the deadly virus. >>> another story we're watching today, president obama will sit down with members of the national health and security teams this afternoon to discuss the ebola response. we'll look for an update starting on news 4 at 4:00. now, time for a final check of the forecast. >> showers are coming in fast. the skies are darkening out to our north and west and it's going to be a showery afternoon so be ready for that today. all eyes for most of the kids out there are already taking eyes on friday night. trick or treating forecas

. >> the big question remains what went wrong at wallop's island. >> you can see the aftermath with the explosion. crossing across the chesapeake bay, the same route many took. what have you learn ed for a tie frame and getting answers? >> reporter: pat, we came down here this morning to get answers what residents saw and heard and felt and what investigators were finding out. they're still doing the initiate assessment. you can look over my shoulder and still see it leaning from last night. that explosion was heard and seen and felt for miles danger. >> oh, god! >> reporter: the explosion happened as hundreds of spectators were watching the most anticipate d launch of thi rocket bring bring supplies to the space station. nobody was injured in this that happened just seconds into the launch sequence. >> launch team launch team, be advised to stay at your consoles. the explosion was seen and heard by just about everyone. >> we had reports by people who had pictures knocked off the wall and windows rattling and i believe one gentleman said his back door window had busted. >> reporter: now

. >> reporter: second after blasting off from the launch pad on wallops island, virginia unmanned 13 story rocket bound for international space station burst into flames. the flight was over in just 15 seconds. spectacular fireball and exploding debris rained down on the launch pad. in one was killed or injured in the catastrophic launch but more than 5,000-pound of cargo and supplies, heading to the international space station are gone. >> we do want to express our disappointment that we were not able to fulfill our obligation to the international space station program and deliver this load of cargo. >> reporter: investigators will begin combing through debris at dawn. the residents of wallops island on the virginia coast are told to contact nasa if they come across any debris from the crash and they are warned it may be hazardous. engineers say rockets early destruction system was triggered at some point. >> something went raining during first stage powered flight. whether that was engines, which were built in russia, or some other support system is not the yet men. >> reporter: na

this is wallop island, virginia. that is an orbital science rocket crashing back down to the launch pad. we want to emphasize this rocket was unmanned. it was a cargo mission taking 5,000 pound of cargo only to the international spacestation. the rocket, as you saw exploded shortly after liftoff crashed back down to the launchpad and this is-- that was-- you were just watching a live picture of the launch facility at wallop island virginia, this a rocket built and designed by the orbital sciences corporation. no word on any injuries, but again, the rocket itself was unmanned. now, let us go to another breaking story tonight, this one is from washington. late today, orders went out from the secretary of homeland security to increase security at u.s. government buildings in the nation's capital and in other major cities around the country. this comes a week after the terror attack in canada and amid the continueing threat from isis. national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with details. david. >>

wallops island is near chincoteague. it is the only launch range and employs 1,000 nasa and contract employees. thousands have been launched at wallops since 1945. it is the only one that can handle the antares rocket that exploded last night >> ala va flows continues advancing on the big island. it started flowing when mt. kilauea erupted in june. it is moving 15 miles per hour and is yards away from homes. some 50 homes could be affected. >> you can allow these folks to watch their home burn. >> >> yes. . an opportunity for them to go through a grieving process for what could be in some cases generations. >> evacuations have not been ordered. emergency shelters are open as a precaution. >>> there are problems with voting machines in maryland right now. they are switching their votes from one candidate to another. they had their ballots rectified. this is happening in frederick, howard and anne arundel. it is investigating what went wrong. >> the district is celebrating 40 years of home rule. several past and present co

>> and we have unbelievable images out of wallops island tonight. an unmanned rocket exploded in the sky moments after launch. we're told the blast could be seen and heard for miles. >> what caused the explosion is under investigation right now. what we can say is nobody was . rt >> this is the manager of the facility where the explosion happened nasa hired a local private company to the build that rocket and tonight something went horribly wrong with it. everything seemed normal, but then about six seconds after the launch, disaster >> the rocket fell back to the earth. the impact the ground causing a bigger explosion. no one was hurt but a lot of cargo for the international space station was lost along with a most of science experiments that were going to be performed by the people living up there. the explosion could be seen for miles. this video it was cap sured by a pilot nearby. others were capturing the explosion on the ground. >> man. >> orbital science is the company that fwilt rocket. they're located north of dulles airport. they also have

susan mcginnis on wallops island, virginia. thank you, susan. >>> on hawaii now a slow moving disaster impossible to stop. this morning a river of 2000 degree-lava is on the verge of consuming homes in the pa jova village. mileka lincoln of our honolulu station has our report. it didn't have a chance. it became the first structure destroyed by the relentless movement of lava flowing from the volcano. this woman is among the hundreds of residents ordered to evacuate. >> it's real. it's now or never. >> reporter: the eruption that threatens to destroy the village began on the 27th. sometimes pausing for days. o'times flowing close to 300 yards in just 24 hours. >> it's a special type of lava, and it's flowing a long distance from where it started. you look at hawaii. it's a volcano. what we're seeing now is what hawaii's made of. >> from the air the lava appeared to have hardened into blackrock but photos taken by the u.s. geological survey revealed a river of super heated lava continues to blow beneath the solid shell. >> so eve

. >>> keeping a close eye on the development from wallops island. nasa is still assessing the damage by tuesday night's rocket launch. they spent yesterday searching wallops island by air for any hazardous materials. they do not know the cause of the crash but the problem could lie with the rockets soviet era engines. it could be a while before we know what went wrong with that rocket. >> oh, my god. >> nasa says it will be at least a week before any statements about a cause. the space agency is getting ready to send in ground crews to do a closer look at the launch site. it should be back up and running in three months or so. no scheduled launches over the next four or five months. still, they want it back in shape to get back on schedule. there are six more launches or five more that orbital is supposed is to do from there. >>> we are talking about a much cooler start to your morning. tom kierein with what you can expect. get out the layers again, tom. >> monday morning we had frost. tuesday afternoon was 80 degrees. yesterday, up in the low 70s m

susan mcginnis on wallops island, virginia. thank you, susan. >>> on hawaii now a slow moving disaster impossible to stop. this morning a river of 2000 degree-lava is on the verge of consum casualties. it's beautiful to watch. >>> now, hundreds of people in southeast ohio are under evacuation order this morning following an accident at an industrial site. the head of a jefferson county. a crew from texas is on the way to cap off the well. >>> and the white house says it's dealing with a cyber attack. a new security measure -- the new security measures have led to some outages and loss of availability for some white house employees. the white house is not commenting on a "washington post" report that the russians are behind the security breach. >>> and this morning there is increased security at u.s. government buildings. the ramped up security measures come following recent attacks in canada and continuing threats against this country. the chief of homeland security says the reasons for the actions are self-evident. wendy gille

brad bell should do that video at 4:00 and he leads our team coverage live from wallops island. >> i'm standing in the spot pretty much where the man was last night at the visitors center on wallops island. he was looking across this day, this marshland, to the launch facility that's about a few miles away. everyone was standing here felt what happened figuratively and literally. enthusiast matthew travis to has attended dozens of rocket and shuttle launches. he had video last night and ride away he noticed something was not right. the antares rocket was the sending slowly. >> it just talked and the bottom blowout. >> is amazing video captures that moment of terror as hundreds watched the rocket explode. >> we could actually feel the heat from the explosion at the viewing site a few miles away. >> the orbital sciences antares rocket 17 stories tall carrying supplies to the iss for nasa was just six seconds into its flight when a massive failure prompted launch control to detonate the rocket for the sake of safety. thousands of pounds of liquid and solid rocket fuel exploding in the nig

this is wallop island, virginia. that is an orbital science rocket, crashing back down to the launch pad. we want to emphasize this rocket was unmanned. it was a cargo mission taking 5,000 pound of cargo only to the international spacestation. the rocket, as you saw, exploded shortly after liftoff, crashed back down to the launchpad, and this i--

at 6:45, this launch from wallops island. i think the skies will be clear enough. this is from orbital science. they're one of the space companies out there. this one based in virginia. they're using wallops island to launch their rocket. a little spacecraft that goes up to the iss. if you, for example, if you're at the mlk memorial looking southeast towards the jefferson memorial, you'll see the launch, maybe a minute and a half after takeoff you'll see it. two two, three minutes you'll see it. then go the other direction. look to the northwest because the iss is going to fly directly overhead of this line coming from southern michigan over the district area just to the southwest of washington it's going to pass overhead. it will be up to 85 degrees overhead in d.c. if you are just south and west under this lining, you'll see it -- line, you'll see it overhead. starts at 6:49. 6:52 it will be almost the top of the sky. it's going right over wallops and the southeast. imagine the two of them going the same path so they will link up. makes essential. beautiful weath

were indeed ready to watch tonight at 6:22 eastern time when an unmanned rocket launched from wallops island on coastal virginia carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies up to the international space station. but it didn't clear the tower by much before it fell to earth and exploded. we get a late report tonight from our national correspondent peter alexander. >> four, three, two, one -- >> reporter: it was an unmanned "antares" rocket on a resupply mission to the international space station when seconds after liftoff from wallops island, at 6:22 this evening, something went very wrong. >> team be advised stay at your consoles. >> reporter: the rocket with 5,000 pounds of supplies on board exploded in the night sky. nasa reported no loss of life, but extensive property damage on the ground. the launch was supposed to be visible along much of the east coast as it made its way to space. many planned to follow the flight path on line. instead of explosion could be seen on radar. the crew on board the space station was supposed to send it back with bag of garbage. american and russian rockets are the o

station with replacement cargo, this was the scene six or seven minutes ago, it took off from wallops islanded into a ball of fire, just 16 seconds into his journey again. and we can't emphasize this too much, this was an unmanned space rocket that exploded 16 seconds into flight, just five or six minutes ago in wallops island, virginia. abc world news tonight next with david muir. for "action news" i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00 tonight. at the bottom in job creation. massive cuts to education. and higher property taxes. under governor corbett, pennsylvania's been heading in the wrong direction. there's been no leadership and no vision. that's gotta change. as your governor, i will lead. and we'll move pennsylvania forward. we'll restore manufacturing jobs. close corporate tax loopholes. and make the gas companies pay up to fund our schools. after all, it's time to get pennsylvania moving again. in macarthur's world, he opposes new laws to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. and macarthur opposes a woman's right to choose backed by a group that would outlaw abor

wallops island is near chincoteague, nasa's only owned and operated change. thousands of rockets have been launched from wallops since it opened in 1945. >>> a prince george's county man is expected to to be sentenced after pleading guilty to several charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault of a child. he is accused of luring two 6-year-old girls out of a store in hyattsville in 2012. he then tried to assault her in a nearby park. expect extra security at the office if you work for the federal government. the department of homeland security issued new orders to keep you safe. news 4's molette green joins us from the white house with what this means for you. molette? >> reporter: good morning. we can see five police cars out here. three more than last hour. and several more officers standing outside on guard. there are some officers on their bicycles. these new orders impact the white house and other federal buildings in washington and other major cities. homeland security not saying which facilities, though, out of the 9,500 plus under its umbrella. th

susan mcginnes is on the ground in wallops island with the latest on the investigation, susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika, it is close tore daze break a and that means investigators will be back here this morning, combing through data, analyzing the debris that they find hear trying to figure out what happened here last night, officials from nasa and orbital sciences said they have no hint of any trouble until the actual explosion. >> we have lift off. >> reporter: second after blasting off from the launch pad on wallops island virginia the unmanned 14 story anteras rocket bound for international space station burst into flames. the flight was over

craig boswell, cbs news, wallops island, virginia. >> russia successfully launched its progress 57 cargo ship on wednesday morning from caz diswak stan. that will help -- kazakhstan. that will help supply the station. >>> a quirky story about parking tickets in alexandria, virginia. there's a little known law there that makes it illegal to park a vehicle on any city street with a for sale sign on it. now the city council is suspending the enforcement of that law. alexandria says it will no longer ticket vehicles on the street while it reviews the law. >>> coming up on wusa9, it all comes down to tonight. the kansas city royals stay alive and force a game seven in the world series. we preview their final game against the san francisco giants. >>> and under fire, a small town in hawaii is in the path of molten lava and all they can do is get out of the way. more o we all know washington's broken. but to fix it, it takes people who are independent.. and willing to work across the aisle. that's what i've tried to do in business, as your governor... and in the senate. because it's the only wa

the launch, an explosion happening over wallops island, virginia. mission control trying to assess what went wrong. launch director saying they must maintain the crash site due to security concerns because of the classified equipment on board. our tom for em begins our coverage tonight. what are you learning? the pictures are stunning. >> it is amazing. this was the first try of the two-stage rocket with a second, more powerful motor than what has been used before. and this is the first time the motor has been debuted here. this entire rocket was run by orbital science. they are under contract with nasa. they have almost a $2 billion contract to deliver pay loads to the space station. the second stage engine was build by rocket-dine and they have a contract to build the landing system thrusters for the mars 2020 mission . in terms of the crypto equipment, i don't understand and i am trying to get clarity on it. but they keep people back far enough so nobody hurts when this happens. the reason it didn't happen last night because a sailboat was within

susan mcginnes is on the ground in wallops island with the latest on the investigation, susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika, it is close tore daze break a and that means investigators will be back here this morning, combing through data, analyzing the debris that they find hear trying to figure out what happened here last night, officials from nasa and orbital sciences said they have no hint of any trouble until the actual explosion. >> we have lift off. >> reporter: second after blasting off from the launch pad on wallops island virginia the unmanned 14 story anteras rocket bound for international space station burst into flames. the flight was over in just 15 seconds. spectacular fireball and exploding debris rained down on the launch pad, in one was killed or injured in the catastrophic launch but more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and supplies heading to the international space station are gone. >> we do want to express our disappointment that we were not able to fulfill our obligation to the international space station program and deliver this load of cargo. >>

it happened on wallop island, virginia. that's where we find jimmie lee.d that explosion left behind quite a big mess. >> . >> it did. folks living at the inlet view campground just across from wallops island say they found possible evidence. they took me around today and they showed me some spots where they found what looked like pieces of torn up black tarp and they say they found these pieces all over. >> it's all over the campground. you can ride through. it's little pieces and in the barge. >> possible traces of evidence of a massive explosion that rocked this little campground on the island. >> it felt like it was trying to knock you down. it was like an earthquake, you know, it shook everything. >> sandy discovered these black tarp-like pieces throughout the area. she called nasa to collect the evidence, but says a lot of it has gone missing. >> people have come in and picked it up and kept it for souvenirs. >> others are still trying to come to grips with what happened. stella rogers was sitting at home watching tv when the rocket blew up. she says

so again, that going off from wallops island, that rocket later on, very nice for viewing. the clouds are back toward the west. we'll see a few more clouds tomorrow but also the warmer air that's back to the west. current numbers look like this. again, much cooler. new york, only at 60 degrees. t take a look at this. near 80 in jackson, kentucky. that's the warm air that will move in during the day tomorrow. so, yes, i do think we will get to 80 in parts of our region during the day. 79 in d.c. 80 in fredericksburg. maybe down towards culpeper, around 80. 81 degrees with a few high clouds streaming through. 78 towards martinsburg. beautiful day tomorrow. but then we're going to see changes each and every day. impact forecast on the low side for sure. weather will not have much of an impact on your day unless you wear the coat out early as we are in for a cool morning and then a little on the warm side. that's it. 69 degrees on wednesday. and, again, we go from 79 to 69 to 59 during the day on thursday. we will see a chance of a shower, maybe a thunderstorm late in the day o

when seconds after liftoff from wallops island, virginia, at 6:22 this evening, something went very wrong. >> team be advised, stay at your consoles. >> reporter: the rockets with 5,000 pounds of supplies on boar exploded in the night sky. nasa reported no loss of life but extensive property damage on the ground. >> significant vehicle damage. >> reporter: the launch was supposed to be visible along much of the east coast as it made its way into space. the crew on board the space station was to unload the supplies then send the rocket back with bag of garbage. without a u.s. shuttle american and russian rockets are the only way to resupply the station. tonight no word on what this means to nasa or how much of a setback it might represent to the space station. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> and we have a late alert from the department of homeland security tonight. federal buildings, not just in washington, but some all across the country are now being ordered to beef up their security. we want to get more on this from our justice correspondent pete williams in our d.c. newsroom. p

we have been monitoring the developments from wallops island 37 nasa is still assessing the damage done by tuesday night's rocket launch. nasa and the rocket owners searched by air for any hazardous materials. orbital sciences does not know the cause but it could be the soviet era engines. >>> take a look at these temperatures. it's pretty cool so far around these parts. we'll show you how they can change hour by hour in your weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> we are working for you with this consumer alert right now. a flaw in some of samsung galaxy phones leaves your information vulnerable to hackers. it allows hackers to remotely access your phone. it can unlock, change the pin code and make calls without even putting hands on your poepb. >>> smile clock works as your alarm. right now is it only available is for android. it has a hard time detecting the change in your facial struck is sure if you have a beard. >> if you don't have a beard it's going to be hard to detect a smile for those people getting up early. >> there are other apps. you have options on android and iphone. >>> a m

karen travers is here with more from wallops island for us. there was a little bit of criticism aimed at orbital sciences, a company based in our area. criticism about their engines. >> good afternoon. that's right. there has been criticism. it is coming from some of their competitors. that orbital sciences has used refurbished russian engines for some of these rockets. they said that those engines have been thoroughly tested and they do not believe it was a factor in the explosion last night. >> have this at how long this investigation might take? a lot of people are wondering how this happened. we spoke to a top official at orbital sciences and he said that this is going to be a very thorough process and it could be a very lengthy process. the next launch for orbital sciences was scheduled for april. that is right now on hold as they continue this investigation. they have to repair the damage launchpad last night. explosion andant all of those flames caused significant damage. >> one final question. food,w there was supplies, equipment on bo

a commercial rocket exploded moments after liftoff from wallops island, virginia. officials say, there are no reports of injuries. and the damage appeared to be limited just to the facilities. but spectators watched in horror. as flames could be seen shooting into the sky. the launch initially seem to go o.k. but in a few seconds i noticed the top of the rocket started leaning to the left in other words to the north a little bit we will determine the root cause and we will correct that and come back and fly here again the cargo ship was headed to the international space station with 5-thousand pounds of gear for the people currently living there. still ahead. san francisco taking steps to stop the spread of h-i-v. how the city is improving access to an anti- h-i-v drug. plus -- u-c berkeley students rally to ban t-v host bill maher from speaking on campus after controversial comments he made about the religion of islam. u-c berkeley students are rallying to remove comedian and t-v host bill maher as a commencement speaker. that follows some controversial comments h

. >>> an unmanned nasa-contracted rocket exploded at the wallops island, virginia. look at this, the debris crashing down on the launchpad. spewing fiery wreckage everywhere. there were no injuries, but significant damage to property and vehicles. the rocket carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies. and experiments, experimental science to the space station. let's get more from cnn's tom foreman. >> reporter: hey, john, hey, christine, this was really a cataclysmic response that happens moments after the ataris rocket took off. you could hear people gasp out loud as they felt the expose. that's 275,000 pounds being released all at once as this thing blows up in that way. the company has a $1.8 billion contract to get the supplies up to the iss in a number of trips. in is the third of those trips. it's vowed looking into this, saying right now, it's far too early to know what happened. they do know that nobody was hurt. safety protocols in place to keep anyone far away from any sort of rocket launch like that which sun manned. but there is a cost to this. there's about 5,00

tom costello this wallops islands, virginia. back to you. >>> the man who was a suspect i woman in aruba is now selling his home in our area. scott mcfarland with the news 4 iteam tweeted out a video that gary posted. after his travel companion disappeared, he was held in jail. her body has never been found. a judge released him after determining prosecutors just didn't have enough evidence to detain him and he has never been charged. >>> a new anti-redskins ad ready for the airwaves. how it's being used to fuel protests at the game this sunday in minneapolis. >>> plus remembering the mayor who led boston through some of it darkest days. and new tonight, pub crawls return to arlington after controversy this summer. what will be different for halloween weekend. >>> the cold is what will be different. are you ready? it's coming. i'll show you when it arrives. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job po

the unmanned nasa rocket exploded at the spaceport in wallops island, virginia.crashing down on the launchpad, spewing fiery wreckage everywhere. now, there were no injuries, but it caused significant damage to property and vehicles. the orbital science antares rocket was carrying thousands of pounds of supplies and materials. let's get more from cnn's tom foreman. >> hey, john hi christine, this was really a cataclysmic launch that happened just after the ataris rocket took off. people watching from across the way, you could hear them gasp out loud as they felt the explosion. that's about 275,000 pounds of thrust being released all at once when this thing blows up. the company contracted to do this, orbital science has a $1.3 billion contract to get the rocket up to the iss. they'd now, they feel it's far too early to know what happened. they do know nobody was hurt. there's safety protocol in place. there is cost to it, 5,000 pounds of gear going, some of it food for the iss crew. a lot of it space gear that they needed and experiments, experiments that are imp

. >> reporter: this morning, search teams scoured the waters off of wallops island, looking for debrise rocket that exploded seconds after liftoff last night. i spoke to the director of the wallops facility about the search. >> it helps them reinstruct what happened. and so they'll get from the videos and from the telemetry data, the timelines and certain critical events relative to their telemetry and this helps them put the picture back together. >> reporter: the rocket launched at 6:22 eastern time, loaded with 5,000 pounds of cargo headed for the international space station. >> this investigation may or may not lead us to the conclusion that the failure was caused by a problem with the antares system. >> it causes itself to blow up on a signal from mission control. >> we observed the failure in telemetry and visual and my understanding is the range safety officer sent the self-destruct plan. >> there is speculation on what may have caused it. >> it looks like disassembly of the first stage and then it fell to earth. >> it has been caught the fire ball from many angles. one on a pla

. >> closer to home, if you looked to the night sky to see the night launch from wallops island facility, it did not happen because of a boat down range in the hazard area. nasa will try to launch again tomorrow night, just after 6 p.m. >> so we had a failure to launch. >> boaters, stay clear tomorrow night. >> will it be dark enough tomorrow? >> i think it will be ok. a lot of folks this evening saw the international space station overhead. i have some pictures on my facebook page and twitter. it is hard to see on tv, but check it out, it's cool. the temperatures outside right , the wind out of the south southwest and eight. the high today of 71. the weatherbug network shows temperatures in the lower 50's ashburn. morning low of 35. rockville 37, daytime high of 70. it will remain dry overnight into tomorrow. that is when changes are on the way wednesday. this is what is going on comedy high-pressure has brought the beautiful weather, slowly moving out. the next big weather maker is the strong cold front well to the west. that will take another 24 to 36 hours to arrive and you will feel

-- today's successful lh came just hours after an unmanned supply rocket blew up on taf from wallops island: oh god...oh god. oh god it's gonna be loud!! the unmanned rocket belonge 'orbital sciences. nasa pas the private company billions of dollars to make space station deliveries. investigators are hoping de on the ground will provide clues about what went wrong. and they're warning everyone else not to touch it: if you find anything along e shore in the local areas, or came down in your farm or yr yard no one was hurt. but more tn 5-thousand pounds of suppli for the international space station were destroye. along with dozens of student science experiments. some ce from right here in the bay . students at 'mark west charter school' in santa ro spent months last year desig their project. they were testing whether shrimp-like 'triops (try-opps) could survive a space launch.. and potentially be used as a food source for astronauts. but, as you saw, their hardk went up in flames. one student told us last night: it was still a great learni experience. in the newsroom, sharon chin. kpix 5. dev

parts of wallops island have reopened a little more than 24 hours after the rocket exploded seconds after lift yauch. nasa said they're assessing the damage but a near by launch pad suffered the heaviest damage, along with blownout windows and doors. virginia based orbital sciences company is still investigating the cause but some say it may lie with the soviet raer engines. >> that destroyed not only the rocket but also the unique science experiment by students in georgetown and george washington universities. those experiments written volving plants on the space station to determine if they would help pair identify air on board, to see if they would purify the air. >> reporter: here on chincoteague island, hundreds came to this marina to watch the rocket launch off in the distance. they tell us they could feel the shock wave after the explosion. i spoke with noomds it will be at least a week to see what caused the failure that caused that explosion. they did tell me that they have been spending today, searching the area for hazardous material and other debris. and ground crews will come

we have the latest from wallops island, virginia. >> reporter: good after from wallops island, eastern virginia. this particular mission was launched by orbital sciences, one of two commercial vendors nasa turned to to pick up the slack and carry cargo to the space station after the space shuttle fleet was retired. this morning the folks at nasa are beginning this process of looking for any debris, looking on the island, in the marshland, in the water, and, in fact, on the beaches and then thil try to figure out what went wrong. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> reporter: it was just after sunset when the launch of an unmanned rocket destined for the international space station lit up the early evening sky. everything seemed normal until just six seconds after lift-off. a massive fireball tore through the rocket and lit up the night sky. as the rocket started to come apart, nasa's controllers decided the safest option was to use the rocket's self-destruct option. >> launch team, launch team, be advised. stay at your consoles. >> reporter: the explosion visible from coastal virginia, f

wallops island on the virginia coast.lling cnn, and i'm quoting, there was failure on launch. there was no indicated loss of life. there was significant property and vehicle damage. mission control is trying we are getting a treat from orbital sciences, the private firm that launched this rocket on contract to nasa. orbital science is saying there has been a vehicle anomaly. we will update as soon as we are able. we have an eyewitness from the area who saw what was going on. chris tilton is joining us on the phone. where were you and tell our viewers what you saw and heard? >> i was across the bay from the launch -- the launch site. there was a body of water there about a mile, mile and a half wide, and i was immediately across from the launch site. the launch initially seemed to go okay, but within a few seconds, i noticed that the top of the -- the top cone of the rocket started leaning to the left. in other words leaning to the north a little bit. and it stopped the straight-up trajectory and it started to lean and sli

launched by a private company burst into flames just seconds have after take off on tuesday on wallops island. it was on its way to deliver supplies to the international space station. >>> now we're getting a look at what it is like to live on the iss and as you might expect it is tricky. >>> this is a table for six. of course, we don't need this in space because everything would just float away. >> no refrigerators in space either so astronauts dynamosly on the prepackage meals that the military uses. getting clean is complicated as well. there are no showers in zero gravity. astronauts use towel wipe and a no rinse chapel pew. going to the rest room, yeah, right there, this tiny toilet is the only option that they have. >> of course, you have your privacy, there is a little door. >> most of the day they are working on science experiments and micro gravity. they are keeping tabs on how their bodies are adjusting to life in space. there are never more than six people aboard iss and they usually head home after about six months. when the mission is over a soyes spacecraft brings them back home

it's where we begin tonight with nbc's tom costello who's outside that launch facility on wallops island in virginia, tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. good evening. the facts, they tell me for the most part the debris field is relatively contained because launch controllers hit the self-destruct button when they saw that the rocket was coming apart seconds into the liftoff. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a spectacular nighttime launch along the eastern seaboard. within seconds it turned into a spectacular failure. the explosion was enormous, ricochetted across eastern virginia and captured on dozens of cameras in the air and on the ground. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: photographer ken kramer captured incredibly detailed images as the antares rocket came apart. >> it was like the sky was on fire. and i was stunned, actually, because i never expected to see anything like this. >> reporter: today, the search began for pieces of the wreckage on land and in the water. orbital sciences built the rocket and has had two successful previous missions. b

. >>> a commercial rocket launch at virginia's wallops island ended in disaster. take a live look at the smoldering remains of what's left there and take a look at the liftoff. again, tried to go just a few minutes ago. >> and we have lift off of antares. the main engine is at 108%. >> an explosion and fire ball. the good news, nobody on board. that is the second time they launched the antares. the cargo ship was loaded with 5,000 pounds of supplies and on its way to the international space station and being built and designed by orbital sciences. the rocket was unmanned and we are told nobody on the ground was hurt either. >>> we want to tell you about the new heightened security that has been ordered in federal buildings and other locations around the country. a federal official says the beefed up security is not the result of any specific threat, but given attacks like the one that killed a soldier last week, government officials decided it was prudent to enhance security at u.s. buildings across the country. >>> the washington redskins delivering a stunning up

residents of wallops island on the virginia coast are told to contact nasa if they come across any debris from the crash and they are warned it may be hazardous. engineers say rocket self-destruct system was triggered a at some point. >> something went wrong during first stage power flight whether that was engines which was built in russia or some other support system is not yet men. >> reporter: nasa has use private companies to supply the space station since it retired the space shuttle fleet in 011. despite yesterday's failed mission officials say iss has adequate supplies to last at least until next spring. also coincidently the russian space agency is launching a rock tote day to arrive at the international space station with supplies tomorrow. orbital sciences say they will figure out what happened lear last night, fix the problem and it will fly into space again. ukee good what are you hearing will this derail the nation's commercial space flight effort. >> reporter: it is supposed to deal it a major setback for orbital sciences, thinks only launch site that the company has. the na

this is nasa's flight facility on wallops island always so amazing to watch these things blast off. the osh with tal sciences corporation about to launch that rocket heading toward the international space station. it is propelling supplies to the station and also and this is key for all of us around here a project examining the effects of micro gravity designed by students at ocean city high. how proud are they right now? this launch is set for minutes from now of course we're watching the countdown. >>> and speaking of count downs, our machinery is dropping. i mean like in a big time way a live look right now at center city after a day of clear skies and gorgeous temperatures. all of that oh, it's changing. chief meteorologist scott williams, what do you have? >> lucy, one-day special of temperatures in the mid 70s. look at this. 76 degrees well above average. the normal for this time of year is in the low 60s so i hope you enjoyed today. still pretty comfortable stepping outdoors. upper 60s in millville. low 70s right now in allentown. so bottom line if you're stepping outdoors, t

and launched by a private company burst into flames just seconds after take off on tuesday on wallops island. in one was hurt. the it is in the yet clear what went wrong. >>> right now 4:43. what a difference between yesterday at this time and today. >> how about it. >> it is so much more chillier. we had some fog left over, moisture basically was the reason that formed here. it is starting to dissipate. you don't to have worry about it. if you hit the road you might run into a little bit, more of a heads up but it is brightening up and that bodes well for halloween and outdoor plans you have scheduled. so many ghosts and goblins will be out collecting their candy tomorrow evening and it is looking g lets look at a lit built of halloween history for you, the warmest halloween we ever saw happened in 1946, coldest, 41 in 1925 and we had a little bit of snow one time in 1925. where we pick up a few tenths of an inch. wetes one takes the cake at 1.32 inches of rain fell in 1895. been quite a while since it has been that wet on halloween. storm scan three this showing retreat and the clearing sk

i was at wallops island, virginia. this was a vehicle that was using soviet engines that were designed 40 years ago. and it was under some supervision from nasa, as it conducted this mission to the space station. this particular vehicle that we're looking at now, the one that has crashed in the mojave desert has no relationship whatsoever to nasa. this is an attempt to put people into very high altitude or even suborbit. it is not in any way a space experience and did not have that kind of rigorous oversight. it has oversight, don't get me wrong. i think the folks at virgin galactic and partner companies would say they're being very vigilant in trying to take the strictest safety protocols, adhere to them and play this very safely. but this is not the same as, you know, the commercial attempts to resupply the space station and ultimately to carry individuals to the space station, astronauts to the space station. these are really very distinct situations. >> tom costello, stay with us. i want to bring in michael kay, a

rocket that's going to be delivering cargo to the international space station taking off from wallops islandirginia this is after 6:22 this evening. you can look to the south. they were supposed to launch this last night but there was a boat in the secure zone and they had to cancel it because of that. so, hopefully we'll have enough of view through the clouds to be able to see that early this evening. tomorrow we have an area of low pressure and a cold front still coming at us from the west so it's still going to be mild ahead of that front. there could be a couple can of little sprinkles or showers through the day but it doesn't look like a whole lot and then in the evening maybe another light sprinkle or shower pong through by tomorrow evening it is do. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, today very warm, 75 degrees. hoe high to mid level clouds mixing with sun. then tomorrow clouds and sun with just a spotty shower around, not much rain overall. another nice high of 71 degrees. and then on thursday after that front gets out of here we go to 61 for a high, it will be sunny, cooler,

for 14 seconds the unmanned rocket ascended into the skies above wallops island virginia and then itll went wrong. hours after its catastrophic failure we kind with the franklin institute's chief astronomer derek pits. >> reporter: what's your reaction. >> there's 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. >> it's a significant loss in that it's 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 we're praying for everyone else involved. indeed that's the silver lining no one was inju

5,000 pounds of gear before it shattered in a specta just a few seconds after launching from wallops island, virginia. and we do mean spectacular detonation there. firefighter crews rushed in. they set up a perimeter to keep people away from any possible hazardous materials. as of now they're basically letting any fires left burn themselves out. the only good news, nobody was hurt. >> it's a tough time to lose a launch vehicle like this and its payload. it's not as tragic as losing a life associated with it and so we're very happy to report there were no injuries and the safeguards both in flight and on the ground worked as they should have and all we loss was hardware. something went wrong. we will find it out what that is. we will determine the root cause and we will correct that and we'll come back and fly here at wallops again. >> meantime nasa says that investigation into what went wrong begins at dawn tomorrow. they say the international space station has plenty of supplies on hand and there are two more launches by two other private companies scheduled a couple months later this year

an unmanned rocket bound for the international space station bliewp on liftoff this evening in wallops island, virginia. the rocket was built by orb stall science, one of two private companies under contract to supply the space station. bill harwood our cbs news space consultant is joining us by phone. bill. >> it's too early to say what might have gone wrong but this explosion happened about 15 seconds after lifted off when with two russian built engines at the base of the first stage of rocket were still firing. it's still too early to know if the engines were involved. lost in the rocket in the mishap, 5,000 pounds of cargo and equipment bound for the space station gee, are the ?awchts disadvantaged in any way by the fact this cargo will not be reaching them. >> scott, they've lost clothing, they've lost food and research equipment but nothing critical to the operation of the station. there's a supply ship tomorrow, and a cargo ship going up in september. the crew is in pretty good shape but nasa needs to get this problem fix as soon as they can to resume that steady flow of supplies to th