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 Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch scheduled for 7:40 pm EDT (2340 GMT) was delayed briefly due to a minor engine anomaly. Mission launch control cleared the rocket to launch which it did […]
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. EST. Cygnus is the first cargo ship to be berthed to the Earth-facing port on the Unity module.”
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 from Space Launch Complex-41 Dec. 6 at 4:44 p.m. EST. The mission, flown for Orbital ATK under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, marks the first time the Cygnus has flown on an Atlas V rocket. This was ULA’s 12th launch […]
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 Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the fourth quarter of 2015, with an option for a second Atlas V launch in 2016 if needed. The Atlas rocket’s greater lift capacity will allow Cygnus to carry nearly 35% more cargo to the ISS […]
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 today announced that not only would it complete its resupply contract by the end of 2016, it would consolidate its launch manifest and do it with four launches instead of five.” Orbital Announces Go-Forward Plan for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services […]
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 August 2014.”
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 the International Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Cygnus spacecraft. The cargo craft launched aboard Orbital’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 12:52 p.m. EDT Sunday. “ Antares Launched (video)
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 Station for NASA has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 13 at 12:52 p.m. EDT. Over the past several days, Orbital’s launch team has made great progress in preparing the rocket for the Orb-2 mission, which will be the fourth flight […]
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 occurred in late May at NASA’s Stennis Space Center during customary acceptance testing. All other elements of the Orb-2 mission are prepared to move forward, including the Cygnus spacecraft, which is fueled and, except for late-load cargo, is packed with […]
Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Spacecraft Docks With Space Station “The spacecraft was then grappled and berthed with the station by the Expedition 38 astronaut crew earlier this morning. After Cygnus was launched into orbit by Orbital’s Antares(TM) rocket on Thursday, January 9 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, it completed a series of thruster firings and other maneuvers bringing the spacecraft in close proximity to the ISS.”
