Another Successful Test Fire for Taurus II’s AJ26 Engine
NASA PROGRAM UPDATE NASA conducted a test fire Friday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Taurus II space launch vehicle. The test at the...
View ArticleSupply and Demand Issues Lead to Spike in U.S. Launch Costs
ULA's Atlas V In my talk with David Livingston on The Space Show last night [listen here], he mentioned a Space News story from last month about a spike in U.S. launch costs that I had missed. I looked...
View ArticleFirst Cygnus Flight to ISS Set for December
Artist's conception of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus freighter approaching the International Space Station. (Credit: OSC) Launch Date Set For First Orbital COTS Demo Aviation Week NASA has set...
View ArticleSpaceX, Orbital Sciences See Increase in NASA COTS Funding
NASA Has Boosted COTS Funding by Additional $40 Million Since October Space News NASA has boosted its investment in two logistics services being developed for the international space station by $40...
View ArticleNASA to Open New Rocket Integration Facility at Wallops
Pad OA at Wallops Island. (Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation) NASA PROGRAM UPDATE NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, during a...
View ArticleMDA to Provide Solutions for Cygnus Capture and Mating
Artist's conception of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus freighter approaching the International Space Station. MDA PRESS RELEASE MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of...
View ArticleTaurus II Engine Tests Coming Along Nicely
Aerojet's AJ26 engine successfully tested for Taurus II space launch vehicle. (PRNewsFoto/Aerojet) NASA PROGRAM UPDATE You see a lot of smiles around the E-1 Test Stand at John C. Stennis Space Center...
View ArticleBolden to View Acceptance Test of Taurus II Rocket Engine at Stennis
Aerojet's AJ26 engine successfully tested for Taurus II space launch vehicle. (PRNewsFoto/Aerojet) NASA MEDIA ADVISORY Members of the news media are invited to visit NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center...
View ArticleBolden Witnesses AJ26 Test Firing
AJ26 Engine NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (left) and Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann view a test firing of the first Aerojet AJ26 flight engine. Once flight acceptance is...
View ArticlePhotos: X-34s on the Tarmac
During my recent visit to Mojave, I spotted these forlorn-looking X-34 test vehicles sitting on the tarmac beside Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Stargazer L-1011 aircraft. As you might recall, these...
View ArticleCanadian Technology to Guide New Cygnus Freighter
Artist's conception of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus freighter approaching the International Space Station. NEPTEC PR – OTTAWA, ON – Neptec Design Group, a leader in space, defence and...
View ArticleCygnus Freighter to Arrive at Wallops on Wednesday
NASA PR — WASHINGTON – NASA’s partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital...
View ArticleItalian Cygnus Module Arrives in America on Russian-Built Plane
…for launch aboard an American/Russian/Ukrainian rocket. Space: it’s not just intergalactic, anymore. It’s international! (OSC PR — Dulles, VA 25 August 2011) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:...
View ArticleOrbital Receives Commercial Launch License for Taurus II
(OSC PR – Dulles, VA – 31 August 2011) — Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it received a Commercial Space...
View ArticleSuccessful Test Firing Conducted on Taurus II’s AJ-26 Engine
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that along with NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation, the team conducted a successful ground...
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