Published October 28, 2014 6:43pm EDT | Updated January 8, 2015 2:42pm EST

Orbital Shares Fall After Antares Rocket Explodes

Shares of Orbital Sciences Corp. dropped Tuesday after one of the company's rockets exploded soon after liftoff. Shares of Orbital fell 13% to $26.36 on light volume in the extended session. On Sunday, Orbital announced it was launching an Antares rocket with a Cygnus logistics spacecraft to the International Space Station. The launch had been delayed by a day.