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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...

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Supply 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...

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First 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...

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SpaceX, 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...

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NASA 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...

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MDA 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...

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Taurus 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...

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Bolden 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...

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Bolden 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...

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Photos: 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...

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Canadian 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...

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Cygnus 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...

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Italian 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:...

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Orbital 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...

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Successful 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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