Space News.com10月17日美国东部时间下午7:45,发射任务数度延迟的Antares火箭在中大西洋地区太空中心发射场,抢在发射窗口关闭前5分钟成功地将一艘天鹅座货运飞船发往国际空间站。这是Antares火箭自2014年以来的首次飞行,在上次飞行中火箭因发动机故障升空不久即坠地爆炸。事后,轨道ATK公司采用俄罗斯动力机械科研生产联合体研制的新型RD-180发动机替换 Space News.com On 17 October, at 7:45 pm EST, the Antares rockets, which had been delayed for several missions, fired at a launch pad at the Center for the Mid-Atlantic Space Center to successfully launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft five minutes before the launch window closed To the International Space Station. This is the first flight of the Antares rockets since 2014, when the rocket exploded on the ground shortly after the engine failed to fly during the previous flight. Afterwards, the track ATK company uses the new RD-180 engine developed by the Russian Power Machinery Research and Production Consortium