Following the cancellation of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, work to demolish the vehicle’s launch tower on a repurposed former Shuttle program Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) will mark the erasure of the program from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). It was hoped OmegA would allow the “clean pad” at 39B to fall under the assigned mandate of a ‘Multi-User Spaceport’. Instead, 39B will now only see a maximum of one SLS launch per year.
Northrop Grumman’s OmegA finished another step toward its first flight next year when it was…
The Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) OmegA rocket conducted a key test today…
With an Air Force development contract secured for the OmegA rocket, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems…
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has won a major contract from the U.S. Air Force to…
Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
As SpaceX competes for the right to launch future US military satellites, an environmental assessment…
Engineers are working through the opening issues with Discovery at Pad 39A – all of…
