Orbital Sciences
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 15, 2016: Dr. Steve B. Howell from Kepler
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Steve B. Howell, Project Scientist on Kepler to discuss the great new results…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 20, 2015 – Charles Black from SEN
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Special Guest: Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black)…
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Busy Year of 13 Launches by ULA in 2015 Begins with Blastoffs for the Navy and NASA
A busy year of 13 space launches by rocket provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in 2015 begins with a pair…
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Universe Today’s Top 10 Space Stories of 2014
It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or…
Antares Rocket Failure Pushes Tiny Satellite Company To Hitch Ride With SpaceX
The various companies that had stuff sitting on the failed Orbital Sciences Antares rocket launch last month are busy looking…
A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”
Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…
BREAKING: Antares Rocket Explodes at Liftoff
Seconds after liftoff, Orbital Science's Antares rocket exploded as it rose from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.…
Nearby Galaxy Holds First Ultraluminous X-Ray Source that is a Pulsar
A research team led by Caltech astronomers of Pasadena California have discovered an ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) source that is pulsating. Their…
Commercial Antares Resupply Freighter Thunders Aloft to Space Station from Virginia Packed with Science
Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft blasts off on July 13 2014 from Launch Pad 0A at NASA…
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Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…