Antares Returns To Flight After Two-year Grounding

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Orbital ATK’s upgraded Antares 230 launch vehicle soared away from the Virginia coast Monday night, returning to flight two years after a spectacular liftoff explosion en route to the International Space Station (ISS) with a load of supplies. Fitted with a pair of Russia’s new RD-181 engines fueled...

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