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NASA successfully launches Antares rocket

Edit The Oklahoman 18 Oct 2016
NASA has successfully launched its Antares rocket nearly two years after the model exploded after launch. The Antares rocket, which was topped with a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, lifted off just before 8 p.m ... The rocket was built by Orbital ATK, a ... After lift off, Cygnus separated from the rocket....

Orbital ATK resumes flight from Wallops Island Va. in a stunning launch visible for miles

Edit The Washington Post 18 Oct 2016
Orbital ATK returned to space flight Monday evening by christening a refurbished Virginia launchpad with a smooth rocket liftoff two years after an explosion caused $15 million in damage. Flying an updated Antares rocket with new engines, the company sent its unmanned Cygnus spacecraft into orbit at 7.45 p.m., chasing down the International Space Station on a cargo resupply mission for NASA....

Two years after liftoff explosion, an unmanned Antares rocket is en route to the International Space Station

Edit Business Insider 18 Oct 2016
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia October 15, 2016. An unmanned Antares rocket owned by Orbital ATK blasted off from Virginia on Monday with a cargo ship for the International Space Station, marking the booster’s return to flight two years after a previous version exploded during liftoff....

Governor signs bill clearing way for NFL stadium in Vegas

Edit WPXI 18 Oct 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's governor signed a bill Monday clearing the way for a Las Vegas stadium that could be home to the Raiders, although NFL owners still need to approve the team's move from Oakland before Sin City becomes a football town ... Cheerleaders shook pompoms and a marching band launched into "Viva Las Vegas" after Sandoval inked the deal. "Las Vegas is ready for this....

Nevada clears way for Las Vegas football stadium

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
Any relocation needs approval from three-fourths of NFL team owners, a historically conservative bunch that has shied away from Las Vegas because of its legal sports betting....

Woman killed in Las Vegas freeway shooting identified

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 18 Oct 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 48-year-old woman who was killed by gunfire during the weekend in a car-to-car shooting on Interstate 15 ... Vegas Strip....

Orbital ATK returns to flight with successful Antares launch to the space station

Edit Crunch 18 Oct 2016
 The Orbital ATK Antares rocket – the same rocket that exploded on its way to the International Space Station two years ago – returned to flight today with a much-anticipated launch. Lifting off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the Antares rocket is now on its way to deliver the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 5,000 pounds of cargo to crew members aboard ... ....

Rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia

Edit Toronto Sun 18 Oct 2016
— One of NASA’s main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia since a rocket explosion two years ago. It was the first flight of Orbital ATK’s unmanned Antares rocket since the Oct ... rockets flying from Cape Canaveral....

First shipment to space station launched from Virginia since 2014 rocket explosion

Edit Cleveland 18 Oct 2016
— One of NASA's main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia since a rocket explosion two years ago. It was the first flight of Orbital ATK's unmanned Antares rocket since the Oct ... While the Antares was being redesigned, Orbital ATK made good on two deliveries using another company's rockets flying from Cape Canaveral....

Did the look of the car draw gunfire? Vegas police not sure

Edit The Roanoke Times 18 Oct 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman who was killed by gunfire in a shooting during the weekend on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas, where a family member tells a television station she believes the fatal shots were fired because the car looked like a police vehicle. But other vehicles were struck, including a tractor-trailer and a Kia SUV, and the Saturday morning shootings could have been random, Las Vegas police Lt....

Raiders fans keep the faith of keeping their team in Oakland

Edit Sacramento Bee 18 Oct 2016
The team took a step toward a potential move to Las Vegas on Friday when Nevada lawmakers approved a bill to hike hotel taxes to raise $750 million toward a new $1.9 billion football stadium that would house the Raiders and UNLV’s team ... “I will not go to Vegas,” Perez said before the Raiders’ 26-10 loss to the Chiefs ... They’re raising taxes for a billionaire (Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson), and they have schools under-funded....

Orbital ATK's Antares rocket returns to flight with successful launch to the space station

Edit The Verge 18 Oct 2016
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket is officially back in play after successfully launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this evening ... The rocket's main engines have been replaced since then — and tonight, they flawlessly propelled the Antares away from the same launchpad the vehicle exploded on two years ago ... ....

Orbital ATK launches cargo into space aboard Antares rocket

Edit Zeenews 18 Oct 2016
Orbital ATK on Monday blasted off its revamped Antares rocket carrying supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station two years after a major rocket explosion ... ....
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