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Gallery: Antares rocket explodes

October 28, 2014 Spaceflight Now

A sequence of images from the NASA TV broadcast of the ill-fated launch of the Antares rocket.

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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 8, 2025
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    July 5, 2025
  • ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission
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    July 1, 2025
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