Antares Test Flight Scheduled for April 17
Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the first fully-integrated Antares rocket test flight.
Antares Test Flight Set for April 17
The Antares rocket at Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A. This image was taken April 6, 2013.
Antares at MARS Pad-0A
Antares Rocket at Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., on April 6, 2013. The inaugural launch is scheduled for April 17.
Go Antares!
Image from the NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Facebook page released April 15, 2013. Liftoff for the rocket is marked for April 17, at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT).
Range Control Center After Successful Launch
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks with CEO and President of Orbital Sciences Corporation David Thompson, left, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Orbital Sciences Corporation Antonio Elias, second from left, and Executive Director, Va. Commercial Space Flight Authority Dale Nash, background, in the Range Control Center at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility after the successful launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.
All Smiles After Successful Launch
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other guests react after having watched the successful launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Bolden and Garver Celebrate After Antares Liftoff
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other guests react after having watched the successful launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Antares Test Launch Marks Milestone
The Antares rocket test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.
Antares Launches from Pad-0A
Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Antares Soars
The Antares rocket soars from its launch from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on April 21, 2013.
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