Manned missions from Wallops?, DelmarvaNow “Substantial development of the launch facilities on Wallops Island would be required to accommodate human space flight, [Mike Gold Bigelow Aerospace] said. But he called […]
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Cygnus Is in Orbit
Cargo Launched to Space Station Aboard Orbital-1 Mission “The launch aboard Orbital’s Antares rocket took place from NASA’s Wallop’s Flight Facility in Virginia Thursday, at 1:07 p.m. EST.” Orbital Launches […]
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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 […]
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Cygnus Launch To ISS Delayed
NASA Delays Cygnus Launch Due to ISS Cooling Issue “The launch has been delayed to no earlier than Thursday, Dec. 19 to enable engineers to continue their analysis of data […]
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Minotaur 1 Launched From Wallops
Minotaur 1 Rocket Launched (with video) “Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur I rocket in support […]
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Cygnus Launched
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A […]
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LADEE is Heading For The Moon
LADEE is Heading For The Moon with One Small Glitch (with video) “NASA has confirmed that the reaction wheels of its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) were successfully […]
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How To Watch LADEE Launch From Your Front Yard
How to Watch the Launch of LADEE (with lots of images), Orbital ” … Although the views are shown in daylight, the LADEE launch is scheduled to occur at approximately […]
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Wallops Noose Incident Update
Message from the NASA Wallops Director: Noose at a Construction Site “The IG conducted an independent investigation into the circumstances of how and why the noose was placed at the […]