Tag: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
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Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia on space station cargo mission
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifted off at 3:21:04 p.m. EST (2021:04 GMT) Saturday powered by more than 860,000 pounds of thrust from two RD-181 kerosene-fueled engines. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A twin-engine Northrop Grumman Antares rocket climbed into orbit Saturday from Virginia’s Eastern Shore carrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 13th 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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Antares launch scrubbed due to faulty ground support equipment
Northrop Grumman’s 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket on launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Virginia, after officials aborted a countdown in the final minutes Sunday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The launch of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket with an automated commercial space station cargo vessel from Virginia was aborted less than three minutes before takeoff Sunday…
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Antares launch timeline on the NG-13 mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated for third launch attempt Feb. 15. The Antares launch timeline for the NG-12 mission. Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Saturday to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad…
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Live coverage: Antares rocket launch scrubbed in Virginia
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 13th 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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Antares rocket, Cygnus supply ship readied for space station cargo flight
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket stands vertical at launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, in preparation for liftoff Sunday at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT) with a Cygnus supply ship en route to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A commercial Cygnus resupply ship named for Robert H.…
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Rocket Lab to debut Virginia launch pad with U.S. Air Force mission next year
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) after press conference. File photo of an Electron rocket lifting off from Rocket Lab’s launch site in New Zealand, powered by nine liquid-fueled Rutherford engines. Credit: Rocket Lab / Andrew Burns & Simon Moffatt Rocket Lab plans to launch a research and development microsatellite mission for the…
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Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia
File photo of a Minotaur 5 launch in 2013 from pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Northrop Grumman is gearing up for up to four launches this year at Wallops Island, Virginia, including two launches with Cygnus cargo ships heading to…
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Rocket Lab breaks ground on new Virginia launch pad
Officials from Rocket Lab, NASA, and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority broke ground on a new launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Oct. 17. Credit: NASA/Wallops Rocket Lab broke ground on a new launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore last week after selecting the Wallops Island location for the company’s first U.S.-based launch…
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Wallops launch base receives final hardware delivery for next Cygnus mission
The Cygnus spacecraft’s service module was packed up at Orbital ATK’s facility in Dulles, Virginia, before shipment to its launch base on Virginia’s Eastern Shore last week. Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK shipped the final major piece of hardware for the next Cygnus space station resupply mission to a launch base on Virginia’s Eastern Shore…