Orbital explosion probe said to find debris in engine: sources, Reuters “Last October’s explosion of Orbital ATK Inc’s Antares rocket may have been triggered when debris inadvertently left in a […]
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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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ATK and Orbital Still Plan To Tie The Knot
ATK and Orbital Continue to Support Plans for Merger “Following this announcement on October 28, 2014, a failure occurred during Orbital’s Antares launch. Â Since the incident, the companies have conducted […]
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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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ORB-3 Loss: Business Aftershocks
Rockets blow up; we move on, Leroy Chiao, CNN “Without a doubt, critics will arise and question why we are entrusting cargo deliveries and future crew exchanges to commercial companies. […]
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Wallops PAO Is Too Lazy To Pick Up The Phone
@OrbitalSciences When is the Antares launch? Please issue an update on the launch date. — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) July 2, 2014 Keith’s note: I have seen some lazy PAO staff […]
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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 […]
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Orb-1 Launch Rescheduled
Orbital to Proceed With Antares Launch Tomorrow “Following a comprehensive review of data related to the radiation environment in space, further reviews and modeling of the rocket’s avionics systems, and […]
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Cold Temps Force Antares Delay
Antares launch update: No Earlier Than January 8 “Orbital, in consultation with NASA, has decided to reschedule the Antares CRS Orb-1 Space Station Resupply Mission launch for no earlier than […]