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Orbital ATK Integration of Upgraded Antares Kicks Into High Gear For 2016 ‘Return to Flight’
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Assembly and testing of a significantly upgraded version of Orbital ATK’s commercially developed Antares…
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One Year after Antares Failure, Orbital ATK Revamps Rocket for 2016 ‘Return to Flight’
One year after the catastrophic launch failure of Orbital ATK’s private Antares rocket seconds after liftoff with the Cygnus cargo…
Cygnus Cargo Craft Comes Together for Space Station ‘Return to Flight’ Blastoff in December
The biggest and heaviest Cygnus commercial cargo craft ever built by Orbital ATK is coming together at the Kennedy Space…
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Orbital ATK Aims for March 2016 Antares Rocket Launch Restart with New Engines
The newly merged company Orbital ATK is aiming to restart launches of their “upgraded Antares” rocket in March 2016 using…
Orbital Sciences Announces Way Forward Plan to Fulfill NASA Space Station Commitments
In the wake of last weeks disastrous failure of the Orbital Sciences commercial Antares rocket seconds after blastoff from NASA’s…
Soviet Era Engines Likely Caused Antares Catastrophic Rocket Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing last week’s catastrophic failure of an Antares commercial rocket moments after liftoff,…
Antares Rocket Engine Suffers Significant Failure During Testing
Hotfire test of Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ26 engines on the E-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center on Jan 17,…