With one half of the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) puzzle enjoying a fully successful test flight, Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft is closing in on its own debut attempt to visit the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. In a mission that is surprisingly similar to that undertaken by SpaceX’s Dragon, the success of Cygnus should result in full CRS capability by 2013.
Orbital Science Corporation held an investor conference this week, overviewing the results of their Fourth…
Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the ORS-1 spacecraft for the United States’ Operationally Responsive Space…
SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corporation have been awarded the lucrative Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract,…
The re-award of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract – called after RpK’s failure…
ATK have officially unveiled their new vehicle, which is targeted at a near-term solution for…
ATK have won a $62.5 million award from the Lockheed Martin-owned Orion contract – awarded…
Northrop Grumman conducted the first test firing of its Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE)…
Firefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on…
The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career…
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful CRS-27 launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was in action…
As the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket prepares for its first flight as soon as…
United Launch Alliance carried out an Atlas V launch Friday with the third pair of…
Firefly Aerospace suffered a failure during the first orbital flight of their small satellite launch…
After a 36 hour phasing profile, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka cargo ship, part of Northrop…
Northrop Grumman launched three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on the…
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office satellite to orbit Friday…
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus vehicle, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla, has arrived at the ISS following launch…
A potential planet… where no planet should be. An international team of astronomers utilizing NASA’s…
