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Antares Return to Flight Launch Likely Slips to August, Cygnus Completes Atmospheric Reentry
The long awaited maiden launch of Orbital ATK’s revamped Antares commercial rocket utilizing new first stage engines, from its Virginia…
Can Boeing Launch A Crewed Starliner By February 2018?
According to Boeing, the first test launch of its Starliner crew capsule will take place in February 2018, a four…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 10, 2016: Dr. Chris McKay
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: NASA Astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay organized an August 2014 workshop to discuss the future…
Re-engined’ Antares Rocket Completes Crucial Engine Test Firing
Orbital ATK announced late Tuesday that the company’s Antares medium-class commercial rocket outfitted with new first stage RD-181 engines has…
Reborn Antares Raised at Virginia Launch Pad for Crucial May 31 Engine Test
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – The soon to be reborn Orbital ATK Antares commercial rocket sporting new first stage engines has…
Orbital ATK Proposes Man-Tended Lunar-Orbit Outpost by 2020 for Link Up with NASA’s Orion
Orbital ATK has unveiled a practical new proposal to build a near term man-tended outpost in lunar orbit that could…
ESA Regrets Not Buying Windshield Insurance
Thanks to astronaut Tim Peake, people here on Earth have been treated for the first time to an image of…
Upgraded Antares Rolls Out to Virginia Launch Pad, High Stakes Engine Test Looms
An upgraded version of Orbital ATK’s commercially developed Antares rocket has at last rolled out to its launch pad on…
1st Boeing Starliner Hull Assembled as 1st Crew Flight Delays to 2018
As completion nears for the prototype of Boeing’s first Starliner astronaut taxi, the firm announced a slip into 2018 for…
SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth After Splashdown with Critical NASA Science
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft loaded with nearly two tons of critical NASA science and technology experiments and equipment returned…