Orbital Sciences Corporation

Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA

2013-04-21 15:12:00

In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...

FAA clears the way for grounded Boeing 787 to return to flight

2013-04-19 12:40:00

The Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing Co.’s proposed fix for the lithium-ion battery systems on its 787 passenger jets, which have been grounded since January. The FAA said it will require airlines flying 787s to install...

Rocket launch scrubbed with 12 minutes to spare in NASA test flight

2013-04-17 14:29:00

Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch of its new Antares rocket�has been put on hold due to a technical issue that popped up when countdown was about 12 minutes away. The 13-story rocket was expected to blast off from NASA’s little-known Wallops...

Antares rocket to blast off into space Wednesday: Watch it live

2013-04-17 07:00:00

Free live streaming by Ustream Skip your afternoon coffee break Wednesday and watch a live rocket launch instead.� On Wednesday afternoon, NASA will stream the first test flight of the 13-story Antares rocket, and you can watch it live right here....

Orbital Sciences prepares rocket for closely watched NASA mission

2013-04-16 05:00:00

On a little-known launch pad off the coast of Virginia, a team of about 200 engineers and technicians is readying a 13-story rocket for its maiden flight to space in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., is...

SpaceX capsule set to return from orbit, splash down in Pacific

2013-03-25 14:00:00

After spending more than three weeks docked with the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Dragon space capsule is ready to return to Earth and splash down Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean. NASA Television will provide coverage of Dragon's departure...

SpaceX splashdown: Capsule returns 2,668 pounds of science samples

2013-03-26 10:41:00

Less than 250 miles west of Baja California, SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully splashed down Tuesday after spending more than three weeks in outer space on a NASA mission. When the cone-shaped unmanned capsule hit the water at 9:34 a.m. PDT, it...

NASA observation satellite blasts into orbit from Vandenberg

2013-02-11 16:25:00

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- A 19-story white rocket successfully lifted a NASA science satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located northwest of Santa Barbara. The picture-perfect launch, which took place Monday at 10:02 a.m. PST,...

SpaceX inks contract to launch Thai satellite into orbit

2011-06-13 16:36:16

Aircraft set to reach 20 times the speed of sound in test flight

2011-08-09 16:36:51

Launch of hypersonic aircraft pushed back a day by weather

2011-08-10 16:36:46

Test of hypersonic aircraft fails over Pacific Ocean

2011-08-11 16:35:45

Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket lifts off from the NASA facility on Wallops Island, Va.

2013-04-21 00:00:00

The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday at 2 p.m. Pacific time from the newly built Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility off the coast of Virginia.

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Workers in a crane look over Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket while on the launch pad at Wallops Island, Va. Antares� launch was scheduled to take place Friday, but was delayed because of technical issues. High winds postponed the blastoff from Saturday to Sunday.

2013-04-16 00:00:00