Orbital Sciences Corporation

A Tarus XL rocket being assembled at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Space Systems

NASA pins two science mission failures on falsified test results

A decade-old mystery has been resolved after a NASA investigation found that the loss of two science satellite missions in 2009 and 2011 was due to falsified test results on the part of a private subcontractor.

3D Printing

3D-printed engine combustor withstands hypersonic flight testing

Aerospace 3D printing went Mach 5 this week, with Orbital ATK announcing that it has successfully tested a printed hypersonic engine combustor at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia.

An Antares launch vehicle boosts the Orbital Sciences Cygnus spacecraft on it's way to the International Space Station (Photo: NASA)

Space Systems

The swan flies: Successful launch of Cygnus/Antares ISS supply mission

Orbital Sciences Corporation today successfully launched the first of eight Cygnus cargo supply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Cygnus is flying solo now, with full communications and deployed solar arrays, toward a January 12 rendezvous and docking with the ISS.

Stratolaunch Systems has announced new developments in its air launch system for spacecraft, which will incorporate the world's largest airplane

Space Systems

Stratolaunch air launch system for spacecraft comes closer to reality

Stratolaunch Systems has announced new developments in its air launch system for spacecraft, which will incorporate the world's largest airplane.

Launch of the Antares rocket from NASA”s Wallops Flight Facility (Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Space Systems

Successful first launch of Antares rocket

Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket lifted off Sunday at 5:00 PM EDT ( 21:00 GMT) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA”s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia