10/18/2026
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On this day in space! Oct. 17, 2016: Private Antares rocket returns to flight after catastrophic launch explosion

Filed by Dana Graviton
On this day in space! Oct. 17, 2016: Private Antares rocket returns to flight after catastrophic launch explosion
On Oct. 17, 2016, the Antares rocket now built by Northrop Grumman Space Systems returned to flight to come back from a catastrophic explosion. Here's why it mattered.
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