The American-Ukrainian company ‘Firefly Aerospace’ that raised $ 75 million in ivestments suffers a huge setback after its ‘Alpha’ rocket fails to take off Thursday. Company owner Maxym Polyakov is known for his involvement with shady dating website ring and was earlier accused of fraud.
Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus supply ship on a mission to the International Space Station blasted off from pad at spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, at 18:01 EDT Tuesday.