Tag: Antares
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Photos: Antares rocket’s predawn launch from Wallops Island
Carrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifted off Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares booster launched at 4:44 a.m. EDT (0844 GMT) Monday from pad 0A at the seaside spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The…
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Antares rocket launch kicks off space station’s next commercial cargo delivery
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket lifts off from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now An Orbital ATK Antares rocket streaked into orbit early Monday from Wallops Island, Virginia, with a commercial Cygnus cargo craft carrying a quantum research experiment, an investigation into the properties of concrete in…
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Antares launches OA-9 Cygnus to the ISS
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft began its next supply run to the International Space Station Monday, with liftoff aboard an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. Launch came at the end of a five-minute window at 04:44 Eastern Time (08:44 UTC). Monday’s launch begins the tenth flight of Cygnus, one of two US…
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Video: Orbital ATK’s Antares booster climbs away from Virginia spaceport
Video credit: NASA TV Watch a replay of the launch Monday of an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying a commercial cargo craft destined for the International Space Station. The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket lifted off at 4:44 a.m. EDT (0844 GMT) from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.…
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Orbital ATK sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with science and a sextant
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocked rises from its Virginia launch pad, sending a robotic Cygnus cargo ship into space. (NASA Photo / Audrey Gemignani) Update for 10 p.m. PT May 24: Astronauts used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to snag Orbital ATK’s robotic Cygnus cargo ship and attach it to the station after a three-day…
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Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore
A 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket is slated for a predawn launch Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The two-stage commercial rocket and cargo carrier, developed and operated by Orbital ATK, will haul 7,385 pounds (3,350 kilograms) of supplies, experiments and…
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Antares launch timeline on the OA-9 cargo mission
Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Monday to begin a three-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a complex owned by the state of Virginia at…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Orbital ATK’s ninth operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station
Ground crews load the Cygnus supply ship before its trip to the International Space Station set to begin with launch Monday. Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK readied an upgraded Antares rocket for launch Monday from Wallops Island, Va., to deliver more than 3 tons of crew supplies, science gear, spare parts and three small satellites…
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Antares/Cygnus in final pre-launch processing, Range aims for improved launch security
Orbital ATK has completed rollout of its Antares rocket tasked with launching the Cygnus OA-9E cargo and science resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted one day later than originally planned on Monday, 21 May 2018 at 04:39 EDT (08:39 UTC) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia. As…