Tag: OA-5
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Cargo ship-turned-research lab ends mission with re-entry
The Cygnus spacecraft flies away from the International Space Station on Nov. 21. Credit: NASA/ESA/Thomas Pesquet In the week since it departed the International Space Station to wrap up a successful cargo delivery mission, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship hosted a combustion research experiment, deployed four small satellites for a San Francisco-based startup, then descended…
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Video: Latest Cygnus resupply ship arrives at the space station
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter loaded with over 5,000 pounds of crew provisions, equipment and science gear arrived at the International Space Station on Oct. 23. The mission is named for the late Alan “Dex” Poindexter, a Naval Aviator and two-time space shuttle astronaut who served as pilot and then commander in the waning years…
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Cygnus cargo craft snared by station’s robot arm
This view from a camera on the robot arm’s end effector shows the aft end of the Cygnus supply ship during the final stages Sunday’s rendezvous. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The International Space Station received more than 2.5 tons of fresh supplies and experiments Sunday with the arrival of a commercial Cygnus cargo vessel after…
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Photos: Antares rocket lights up eastern shore of Virginia
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight Oct. 17 with a successful evening launch from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a beacon visible for hundreds of miles along the U.S. East Coast as the 13-story rocket set course for a cargo delivery to the International Space Station. The liftoff from launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional…
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Video: Antares post-launch news conference
This is the post-launch news briefing from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility held after the successful return to flight by the Orbital ATK Antares rocket that delivered the Cygnus cargo ship into space.
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Antares launch visibility maps
Residents along the U.S. East Coast from South Carolina to Massachusetts could glimpse Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket climbing into space Monday night on a cargo run to the International Space Station. The 13-story rocket is set for blastoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT), and the weather forecast calls for ideal…
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Video: Antares rocket returns to flight with new engines
The Antares rocket, Orbital ATK’s medium-class booster now with modern RD-181 engines, launches at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia. Pad camera replay Close up view
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Cargo manifest for the OA-5 station resupply mission
A view inside the pressurized cargo module of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft after technicians loaded the final supplies heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK The sixth commercial cargo delivery by Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, and the first using an Antares rocket since a launch failure in 2014, will carry more than 5,000…
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Key events during the Antares rocket’s climb to orbit
Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver the commercial Cygnus supply ship to an orbit with an altitude between 130 miles (209 kilometers) and 179 miles (288 kilometers) within about nine minutes of liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.6 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A…
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Faulty cable delays Antares launch 24 hours
The Antares rocket sits on launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Orbital ATK launch managers have pushed back liftoff of an Antares rocket until Monday to replace a faulty cable on the booster’s launch pad in Virginia. The delay means the International Space Station crew will not receive the Cygnus supply…