Following today’s launch of Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket, John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, issued the following statement: “Today’s successful test flight of Orbital Sciences’ […]
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Lawmakers Question NASA Funding for SLS-Orion, Planetary Science
Mikulski raised concerns about the reduced funding NASA requested in 2014 for planetary science, SLS and Orion.
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Weather Threatens Antares Maiden Launch
Orbital Sciences Corp. has been cleared to launch the Antares rocket April 17 on its inaugural flight, but bad weather headed for the Virginia coast could delay the mission, a NASA official said here.
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Bad Valve Spoils Antares Launch Rehearsal Ahead of Maiden Flight
Orbital Sciences Corp. is scrambling to keep the maiden launch of its Antares cargo rocket on track for April 17 after a malfunctioning engine valve forced the company to scrub a planned wet dress rehearsal test April 13.
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Job-hungry States Roll Out Red Carpet for Commercial Space Firms
States are deploying some of the same incentives used to win auto factories, distribution centers and office complexes.
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Astrium Americas Establishes New Space Propulsion Office in North America
Astrium Americas, an EADS North America company, has opened an office to provide Astrium’s in-space propulsion capabilities to the North American market. This new office is based in the Los […]
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Aerojet’s AJ26 Engines Ignite Successful Antares(TM) Stage Test Hot Fire
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013 – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its dual AJ26 main engine system successfully powered today’s Antares(TM) Stage 1 Hot Fire test conducted […]
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SN Blog | Antares Hot-Fire Attempt Scheduled for Friday
Orbital is preparing to fire the core stage of the Antares for Friday (Feb. 22).
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NASA Seeks University Participants for Summer Rocket Workshop
University faculty and students interested in learning how to build scientific experiments for spaceflight are invited to join RockOn 2013 from June 15-20 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. […]
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A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March
Far beyond the orbits of Neptune and Pluto, where the sun is a pinprick of light not much brighter than other stars, a vast swarm of icy bodies circles the […]
