Keith’s note: the other day Russia broke the only launch pad it has that can launch Soyuz or Progress missions to the ISS. Space social media is all over the […]
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Successful Launch for Antares
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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Cygnus Arrives Safely at ISS
Cygnus Berthed To International Space Station “The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was bolted into place on the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 9:26 a.m. […]
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Fourth Launch Attempt for Cygnus Successful
ULA Successfully Launches OA-4 Cygnus to International Space Station “A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the OA-4 Cygnus resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station lifted off […]
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Orbital Buys One Atlas V Launch (Maybe Two) for Cygnus
Orbital Announces Additional Details Concerning CRS Program and Antares Launcher Go-Forward Plans “Orbital has contracted with United Launch Alliance for an Atlas V launch of a Cygnus cargo spacecraft from […]
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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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Cygnus "Speeding" Away From the ISS
Timelapse Video of Cygnus Release from the Space Station, ESA “This video shows a timelapse of the Orbital Science’s Cygnus Orb-2 spacecraft departing from the International Space Station on 15 […]
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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 […]
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Antares Launched Postponed Another Day
Orbital Antares Launch Postponed to July 13, Orbital “Orbital announced this morning that the launch of the Antares rocket for the Orb-2 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space […]
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Engine Failure Investigation Delays Second Cygnus Launch
Orbital’s Second Cygnus ISS Resupply Flight Postponed – NET July 1 “The new launch schedule reflects the timing of the investigation into the cause of an AJ26 engine failure that […]