Orbital ATK’s newly redesigned Antares rocket is set to make its spaceflight debut on August 22nd. That’s when the vehicle is scheduled to take off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and carry the company’s Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station. In May, Orbital said the flight would occur in July, but last month, the company said the launch had slipped to August. If all goes well, it will mark the first flight of the Antares in nearly two years. The vehicle has been grounded since October 2014, when a previous version of the rocket exploded mere seconds after launch.
Orbital ATK's updated Antares rocket scheduled to fly for the first time on August 22nd
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