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Video: Antares rocket returns to flight with new engines

October 17, 2016 Justin Ray

The Antares rocket, Orbital ATK’s medium-class booster now with modern RD-181 engines, launches at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia.

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  • Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs O3b mPOWER satellites launch, targets backup window on Tuesday
    July 21, 2025
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    July 18, 2025
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  • SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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  • NASA, SpaceX target July 31 for Crew-11 launch to the ISS
    July 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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  • Axiom Space, Oakley partner on spacesuit visor for Artemis missions
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  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy picked as Interim NASA Administrator
    July 10, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 8, 2025
  • Republican-backed reconciliation bill passes, includes funding for ISS, Artemis programs, Space Shuttle relocation
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