Virginia Governor McDonnell Visits NASA Wallops Flight Facility (With Photos) “Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell paid a visit to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on October 17 for a first-hand look at […]
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Orbital GETS COTS Demo OK from FAA
Orbital Receives FAA Commercial Space Transportation License For Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission “Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it […]
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More Bad News for Orbital
NASA Suspends Payments on Launch Contract with Orbital, Space News “Dulles, Va.-based Orbital remains under contract to build OCO-2, a duplicate of the $200 million carbon-mapping satellite destroyed in a […]
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One Hearing – Two Different Takes
Subcommittee Democrats Seek Assurance of Reliable and Timely Commercial Cargo Capability for the International Space Station, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats “In 2006, NASA laid out a […]
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Taurus XL Fairing Fails To Separate – Again – Another Satellite Lost
NASA’s Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit “NASA’s Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit. Telemetry indicated the […]
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CCDev Awards Are Getting Closer
NASA Picks At Least Seven To Discuss Commercial Crew Proposals, Space News “As it awaits congressional action on its 2011 budget, NASA is proceeding with plans to award roughly $200 […]
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Broken PAO at Wallops
Rocket Launch Scheduled January 22 From Wallops Flight Facility “WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – A Terrier-Oriole suborbital rocket is schedule for launch January 22 for the U.S. Navy from NASA’s Launch […]
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Orbital and Virgin Galactic Team Up
Orbital Submits Proposal for NASA’s Commercial Crew Development Program “Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that it has submitted a proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in response […]
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Watching The Revolving Door Spin and Spin and …
Orbital Names Peter Marquez Vice President of Strategy and Planning “Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that former White House Space Policy Director Peter J. Marquez has joined the company as […]