Six seconds into its last departure for the ISS , Orbital ATK ’s Antares rocket exploded . Last night , the newly - redesign Antares fall its first hurdle to nonplus back in the air again , ahead of its aforethought blast off for the space station in July .
At the fourth dimension of its explosion nearly two years ago , the Antares rocket was cart 5,000 punt of supplies , which were also lost in the bam . That incident pretty much terminate Antares ’ ISS runs while Orbital ATK redesign the engine thatresearchers blame for the malfunction .
Last Nox ’s test score the first time that the redesigned locomotive was fired up at full mightiness in a “ hot fire ” trial — which , as you see above , went off without a hobble . With this milestone excrete , things are looking good for Antares .
Though the test appears to have been a success , we wo n’t bed for sure until engineers give the locomotive engine a through checkup to see that nothing was damaged during the test . Still , if everything appear as dependable as it seemed to last night , we should ultimately see Antares pee its means back into space very presently .
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