Brain Post VIDEO: NASAโs Antares Rocket Explodes 6-Seconds After Takeoff Six seconds after takeoff, the Antares rocket exploded violently at 6:22pm EST today. NASA officials are calling the explosion of the un-maned Antares Rocket a โcasastrophic anomaly.โ NASA still doesnโt know what caused the explosion. Antares mission was to deliver goods to the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft atop the rocket was carrying 5050-pounds of cargo and the Arkyd-3 satellite. William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator of Human Exploration [โฆ] Brains SnowBrains | October 28, 2014 0 Comments