Launch of Antares With Orbital's Cygnus 1 Spacecraft Delayed

By Jason Rhian, on September 14th, 2013

Photo Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA

After a launch readiness review, mission planners with Orbital Sciences Corporation have opted to delay the first flight of the company’s Cygnus 1 cargo vessel, perched atop their Antares rocket, for no earlier than Sept. 18. The launch window extends from 10:50 to 11:05 a.m. (EDT). […]

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In Honor of David: The Astronaut Who Inspired Orbital's First Cygnus Mission (Part 1)

By Ben Evans, on September 14th, 2013

Orbital Sciences will honor the memory and achievements of G. David Low with its second Antares launch and the culmation of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract with NASA. Photo Credit: Mark Usciak / AmericaSpace

Only days remain before the scheduled Sept. 17 launch of the first Cygnus cargo mission to the […]

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40 Years Since Apollo 17: Part 2 – Unpicking the Men

By Ben Evans, on December 2nd, 2012

Forty years after Apollo 17, Jack Schmitt remains the only professional geologist to practice his art on another world. Pictured in this view with Old Glory at Taurus-Littrow, he is backdropped by the two celestial bodies upon which he had based his entire career: the Moon and the Earth. Photo Credit: NASA

Forty […]

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