Progress Rocket Space Center
| Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan Oct. 29, 2014, 7:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
| United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA Oct. 28, 2014, 10:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
This was supposed to be the fourth Cygnus cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station, but resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff.