The last Antares rocket with Russian RD-181 engines lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, on Aug. 2 to send a Cygnus resupply ship to the ISS.
Credit: John Kraus
The medium-lift Antares rocket never became a commercial success. Since its debut in April 2013, the booster has had just one mission: flying Cygnus cargo ships to the International Space Station for NASA. But Antares has proven resilient. The two-stage launcher, developed by Orbital Sciences (later...
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