Antares Return to Flight Launch Likely Slips to August, Cygnus Completes Atmospheric Reentry

The long awaited maiden launch of Orbital ATK's revamped Antares commercial rocket utilizing new first stage engines, from its Virginia launch base, will likely slip from July to August, a company spokesperson confirmed to Universe Today. The target date for the 'Return to Flight' launch of Antares on a cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS) is "likely to result in an updated launch schedule in the August timeframe," Orbital ATK spokeswoman Sean Wilson told Univ...