Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft will begin her latest trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 24, atop of the Antares carrier rocket – the rocket’s fifth launch in 18 months of operation. The ORB-3/CRS-3 mission will also debut the use of the more powerful Castor XL second stage motor, supplied by ATK.
ATK’s CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage motor is deep into preparations for a static fire test,…
As the Cygnus S.S. Laurel Clark spends its first days berthed to the ISS, the…
The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career…
Breaking into the 31st week of 2023, from July 31 to Aug. 6, not much…
Northrop Grumman launched the second to last Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia for…
Cape Canaveral has been at the heart of America’s space program since the very beginning.…
Japan succesfully launched the Inmarsat-6 Flight 1 (I-6 F1) satellite Wednesday as a part of…
On December 14, 2006, a Delta II rocket launched from VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base)…
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
The debut of Blue Origin’s orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, has been delayed until no…
Northrop Grumman kicked off their 2021 launch manifest with the flight of an Antares rocket…
Most rocket launches culminate with liquid-fueled upper stage engines turning off at exactly the precise…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan plans launched an H-IIA rocket on Sunday, 29 November to…
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office satellite to orbit Friday…
The first GEM-63XL motor for the ULA Vulcan Centaur’s strap-on boosters was successfully test-fired for…
For the first time in ten years, Solid Rocket Booster segments have arrived at the…
At various centers in the United States, Northrop Grumman is marching toward the OmegA rocket’s…
Northrop Grumman’s OmegA finished another step toward its first flight next year when it was…
A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ lifted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops…
