Orbital ATK will call upon ULA’s Atlas V rocket one more time to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in the spring of 2017 to ensure the orbiting complex remains in a comfortable resupply situation and can operate at full capacity through what is shaping up to be a busy year for the ISS program.
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The Castor 30XL Upper Stage of the inaugural mission of the Antares 230 launch vehicle re-entered the atmosphere on November 6, 2016 after only three weeks in orbit following the successful launch of the Cygnus OA-5 cargo craft to resupply the International Space Station.
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The Orbital ATK Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, being captured by the Station’s robotic arm for a month-long stay to deliver important cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft has entered an orbital parking spot where it is standing by to give the right of way to the inbound Soyuz crew vehicle before it will make its close rendezvous with the Space Station on Sunday to be captured by the Station’s robotic arm.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket made a triumphant return on Monday, rumbling into the night skies over Wallops Island to lift the Cygnus OA-5 cargo spacecraft into orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares 230 rocket thundered off from Wallops Island after sunset on Monday, marking its return to flight after a stand-down of two years following a dramatic 2014 launch failure.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares 230 rocket thundered off from Wallops Island after sunset on Monday, marking its return to flight after a stand-down of two years following a dramatic 2014 launch failure.
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The launch of Orbital ATK’s long-awaited Antares Return to Flight mission to restore the company’s cargo launch capability to the Space Station was postponed on Sunday due to an uncooperative cable within the rocket’s ground support equipment, requiring replacement ahead of the next launch attempt on Monday at 23:40 UTC.
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A flight-ready Antares rocket was rolled to Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport this week for the first time in nearly two years in preparation to restore Orbital ATK’s cargo launch capability to the International Space Station Sunday night.
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The long-awaited Return to Flight mission of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket with the company’s Cygnus cargo craft has been re-aligned for a Sunday night liftoff after a long path to ready the revamped booster for liftoff following a dramatic launch failure nearly two years ago.
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The thunder of a Solid Rocket Booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocked the Utah desert on Tuesday as part of the final Qualification Test of the larger five-segment boosters tasked with lifting NASA’s most powerful rocket off the ground and send Astronauts Beyond Earth Orbit for missions to distant targets.
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The thunder of a Solid Rocket Booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocked the Utah desert on Tuesday as part of the final Qualification Test of the larger five-segment boosters tasked with lifting NASA’s most powerful rocket off the ground and send Astronauts Beyond Earth Orbit for missions to distant targets.
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This week’s destructive re-entry of the Cygnus cargo craft after a successful mission to the Space Station was heavily studied from within the spacecraft and via an airborne campaign from below.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft met its fiery end on Wednesday when re-entering over the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 91-day resupply mission to the International Space Station including a week-long free flight after undocking dedicated to the first large-scale combustion experiment conducted in space.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday after an 80-day stay, heading into a second mission phase dedicated to an unprecedented in-space fire experiment involving the largest man-made fire ever to be lit in space.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft currently in free flight in Low Earth Orbit will support an unprecedented microgravity combustion study on Tuesday involving the largest man-made fire ever lit in a spacecraft.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday after a stay of 80 Days, facilitating a busy cargo-delivery and trash pick-up mission.
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