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in Space, Antares, Orbital ATKOA-8 Cygnus Mission to Honor Gene Cernan, 45 Years After Last Moonwalks
Only months before its purchase by Northrop Grumman is expected to be finalized, Orbital ATK plans to launch its next Cygnus cargo freighter (OA-8) to the International Space Station (ISS), no sooner than Saturday, 11 November, during a five-minute “window”, which opens at 7:37 a.m. EST. The mission will mark the return of the Dulles, […] More
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SpaceX Launches Third Dragon of 2017 to Space Station, Lands 6th Rocket on LZ-1
For the ninth time this year, the roar of nine Merlin 1D+ engines pummeled Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida earlier today (Monday, 14 August), as SpaceX successfully delivered its third Dragon cargo mission of 2017 onto a course for the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of the Upgraded Falcon 9 […] More
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in NASA, Space, CYGNUS, Orbital ATKNASA Outlines Science Payloads, Ahead of Next ISS-Bound Cygnus Cargo Mission
A wide variety of science and technology payloads, ranging from cancer studies to crystal growth and from plant habitats to the deployment of multiple CubeSats, will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on Orbital ATK’s next Cygnus cargo mission. Earlier this week, payloads co-ordinators, project scientists and principal investigators for the research headed uphill […] More
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NASA Outlines Science Heading to Space Station Aboard CRS-10 Dragon
NASA personnel, together with investigators and student scientists, gathered for a media teleconference earlier today (Wednesday, 8 February), to discuss the research payloads heading uphill aboard SpaceX’s next Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Launch of the CRS-10 mission—the tenth dedicated Dragon cargo flight since October 2012—is currently targeted […] More
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in NASA, Space, Atlas V, Orbital ATKULA Atlas V to Deliver Next Orbital ATK Cygnus Cargo Ship to Space Station
After a spectacular 12 months, which saw both its Cygnus cargo ship and its home-grown Antares booster return to flight, after a lengthy hiatus, Orbital ATK has announced that its next delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will likely fly next spring, atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401. The decision […] More
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in NASA, Space, CYGNUS, Orbital ATK, OA-5
Antares Returns to Flight, Delivering OA-5 Cygnus to Space Station
Just a few days shy of two full years since one of the worst accidents to befall NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program, Orbital ATK picked up the baton in fine fashion last night, as it successfully launched its revitalized Antares 230 booster on a critical mission to bring science and supplies to the International […] More
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in NASA, Space, Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK Primed for Antares 230 Debut on Sunday Night
Four years after his untimely death in a boating accident, NASA astronaut Alan “Dex” Poindexter—veteran of two pivotal space shuttle missions to assemble and maintain the International Space Station (ISS), including the delivery of Europe’s Columbus research module—will be honored this weekend, when Orbital ATK launches a Cygnus cargo ship, bearing his name. “Spaceship Alan […] More
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SpaceX Nails Launch and Landing Again, Dragon CRS-9 Now En Route to Space Station
For the 10th time in a little over four years, SpaceX delivered a Dragon cargo ship on a journey toward the International Space Station (ISS) in the opening minutes of Monday morning. Liftoff of the CRS-9 mission—conducted under the language of the initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA—occurred on-time at 12:45 […] More
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Critical Science, Commercial Crew Hardware Headed to Space Station Aboard CRS-9 Dragon
Forty-five minutes after midnight EDT on Monday, 18 July, SpaceX aims to deliver its 10th Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station (ISS). Conducted under the language of the initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA, next week’s CRS-9 mission will follow on the heels of its eight predecessors and the […] More
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After Month-Long Delivery Mission, SpaceX’s Dragon Returns to Earth
The last month has seen spectacular success for SpaceX, as the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services provider flawlessly conducted a pair of missions to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) and brought a pair of Upgraded Falcon 9 first stages back through the furnace heat of re-entry to safely land on the Autonomous Spaceport […] More
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in NASA, SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace, CRS-8Dragon Resumes Space Station Cargo Operations as Falcon-9 Sticks Its First Drone Ship Landing
Almost a year since the launch of its last fully-successful Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX has delivered another of its venerable cargo ships toward the orbiting outpost. Liftoff of the CRS-8 mission—flown under the language of the initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract, signed between NASA and SpaceX in December […] More
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Bigelow Aerospace’s BEAM Facility Headed for Space Station on Friday
For the third time this year—following hard on the heels of January’s Jason-3 launch out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and last month’s flight of the SES-9 communications satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.—SpaceX aims to deliver another Falcon 9 booster aloft at 4:43 p.m. EDT Friday, […] More
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