Orbital ATK Successfully Launches the Antares Rocket on its Return to Flight (with video), SpaceRef “In a successful return to flight, Orbital ATK launched the upgraded Antares rocket with the […]
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Orbital ATK Provides ISS Cargo Program Update
Orbital ATK Updates Progress on International Space Station Cargo Delivery Program for NASA, Orbital ATK “Orbital ATK is on track to launch its next CRS mission late this year and […]
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Orbital ATK Vs Aerojet over Antares Explosion Cause
Orbital, GenCorp spar over cause of October rocket crash, Reuters “Orbital ATK Inc and engine maker GenCorp Inc on Tuesday offered competing explanations for what caused the Oct. 28 explosion […]
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Antares Engine Problems Were Not News
Before explosion, NASA knew aging Soviet engines posed risks, LA Times “Years before an unmanned rocket erupted in a fireball in October, NASA officials knew the metal in its 50-year-old […]
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Fixing Wallops (Update)
State assessing damage, considering future of commercial spaceport, WDBJ7 “Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation says it could take a year and up to $20 million to repair the commercial spaceport on […]
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Rising Above Tragedy – It Has Happened Before
Past Transit Tragedies Point to a Way Forward for Virgin Galactic, Smithsonian “Private spaceflight hit a large bump in the road to orbit last week, with Orbital Sciences’ rocket explosion […]
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Orbital to Maintain Schedule and Cygnus to Use Another Launcher
Orbital to Consolidate Cygnus Launch Manifest and Outsource at Least One Launch, SpaceRef Business “Moving quickly to inform its International Space Station (ISS) resupply contract partner NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation […]
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Wallops Sailboat Update
Fine unlikely for boat that delayed Antares launch, Delmarvanow.com “The sailboat was about 40 miles out to sea, NASA Wallops Flight Facility Director Bill Wrobel said. It was in the […]
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Are Old Engines Good For New Rockets?
40-Year-Old Russian Engine at Heart of Rocket Investigation “The thing to keep in mind in all this is that we don’t know what caused the mishap,” Cowing cautions. “We all […]
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Antares Launches SS Janice Voss
NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission “A multitude of NASA research investigations, crew provisions, hardware and science experiments from across the country is headed to […]