Antares

A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”

Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…

10 years ago

NASA Releases Photos of Aftermath of Launchpad Explosion

NASA released images of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia following the catastrophic failure of…

10 years ago

Antares Commercial Rocket Destroyed in Devastating Fireball – Video

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Barely a day ago I witnessed the sudden and utter destruction of an Orbital…

10 years ago

BREAKING: Antares Rocket Explodes at Liftoff

Seconds after liftoff, Orbital Science's Antares rocket exploded as it rose from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.…

10 years ago

Commercial Antares Resupply Freighter Thunders Aloft to Space Station from Virginia Packed with Science

Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft blasts off on July 13 2014 from Launch Pad 0A at NASA…

10 years ago

Commercial Antares/Cygnus Rocket Loaded with Science for July 13 Virginia Launch – Watch Live

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Following further weather delays this week Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket is at…

10 years ago

Timelapse: Watch the Antares Rocket Go Vertical on the Launch Pad

Now standing at attention, ready for duty! At about 3:30 p.m. on July 10, Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket was raised…

10 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA…

11 years ago

Rise of the PhoneSats

Satellites can now fit in the palm of your hand. Known as Cubesats, several of these tiny but cost-effective payloads…

12 years ago