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New Improved Antares Conducts Successful Test Fire Ahead of July Return to Flight
Nineteen months after the catastrophic loss of its ORB-3 mission—laden with a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, headed for the International Space Station (ISS)—Orbital ATK yesterday (Tuesday, 31 May) completed a full-power hot-fire test of the upgraded first-stage of its Antares 230 booster. Utilizing a pair of Russian-built RD-181 engines, fed by liquid oxygen and a highly refined form […] More
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Orbital ATK Shows Off Repaired Launch Pad and Antares Rocket Hardware for Return to Flight
With the return to flight of Antares quickly approaching, launch operations at Wallops Island are in full swing both in the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) and at Launch Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). AmericaSpace had the opportunity to get an inside look at the integration activities this week for the first two […] More
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in News, NASA, Wallops Flight Facility, FAA, International Space Station, Aerojet, Commercial Space, CYGNUS, Orbital ATKNASA Concludes Antares Orb-3 Investigation as Cygnus Prepares for Return to Space Station on Atlas-V
One year after Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket suffered a launch failure that destroyed their third commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s Independent Review Team has published their official accident investigation report. Over the last year, NASA has worked alongside Orbital ATK and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to determine the cause of […] More
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in NASA, Spaceflight, Space, Orbital Sciences, ATK, Wallops Flight Facility, United Launch Alliance, Atlas V, CYGNUS, Antares, ORB-4, Orbital ATKOrbital ATK Delivers Cygnus Service Module to KSC for December Launch to Space Station
Nearly one year following a spectacular launch failure at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility that lit up Virginia’s evening skies (and the evening news), Orbital ATK is gearing up for the planned Dec. 3 launch of an enhanced unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which will be mated to an Atlas V launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air […] More
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in NASA, Space, Wallops Flight Facility, International Space Station, Aerojet, Commercial Space, CYGNUS, Antares, ORB-4, Orbital ATKRepairs Completed at Orbital ATK’s Antares Launch Pad
Less than a year after Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket suffered a catastrophic launch failure on Oct. 28, 2014, repairs to its damaged launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) have been completed in preparation for return to flight. MARS Launch Pad 0A, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, suffered $15 million in […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Moon, Space, Science, JPL, Wallops Flight Facility, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, press release, Earth, Technology, Launch, Solar System, Research, News Release, LADEEOur ‘Glowing Moon’: LADEE Spacecraft Discovers Neon in Lunar Atmosphere
The existence of neon gas in our Moon’s ultra-thin atmosphere has been confirmed for the first time, by NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. Its presence had been theorized for decades, but has now finally been confirmed and found to be relatively abundant, even though it’s not nearly enough for the Moon […] More
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in News, NASA, ATK, Wallops Flight Facility, United Launch Alliance, Atlas V, ULA, CYGNUS, Antares, ORB-4, Orbital ATK, CRS-7Orbital ATK Purchases Second Atlas-V From ULA, Prepares for Return to Space Station
While Orbital ATK remains on track to return their Antares rocket to flight early next year, the company announced it will purchase a second Atlas-V rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to fly an additional Cygnus mission next year in order to supplement two or three Antares-launched missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in […] More
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in News, NASA, ISS, Space, ATK, Wallops Flight Facility, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Commercial Space, CYGNUS, Antares, ORB-4Preparations Underway at Wallops for Orbital ATK Antares Return to Flight
Seven months after an Antares rocket carrying the doomed Orb-3 mission plummeted onto its launch pad, reconstruction efforts are in full swing in preparation for the rocket’s return to flight. On June 28, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility celebrated its 70th anniversary by holding an open house, giving the public and media an opportunity to tour […] More
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WATCH: Up-Close Launch Pad Cameras Capture Antares ORB-3 Explosion in Frightening Detail
For the NASA press corps, specifically the photojournalists responsible for capturing suicidal up-close images at liftoff, camera setups for the recent launch attempt of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket on the Orb-3 mission was as usual, but the outcome was anything but. Everyone knows that a rocket can explode, and although the odds are […] More
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Investigators Complete Initial Assessment in Aftermath of Antares Explosion
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Incident Response Team completed their initial assessment of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island today, only 24 hours after the launch of an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket exploded just seconds after leaving its seaside launch pad to resupply the International Space Station and its crew Tuesday evening. Today’s assessment gave […] More
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PRESS SITE VIDEO: Antares Explodes Seconds After Taking Flight to Space Station
This evening everything seemed perfect for Orbital Sciences Corporation to launch their Antares rocket to deliver the Cygnus cargo resupply ship to the International Space Station; the weather was 100 percent GO, the range was green, and the skies were clear, but an anomaly occurred just seconds after liftoff, causing a catastrophic explosion of the […] More
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PHOTOS: Antares Thunders Toward Space Station on Orbital’s Second Contracted NASA Resupply Mission
On Sunday, July 13, Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched their 22-story-tall Antares rocket on its second contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Liftoff of the two-stage Antares booster, carrying Cygnus—whose mission, designated “ORB-2,” is named in honor of the late NASA astronaut Janice Voss—took place on time at 12:52 p.m. EDT from Pad […] More
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