March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... to sustain current operations and to support innovative and profitable development. Risky launches On October 28, 2014, Orbital’s Antares rocket exploded just 15 seconds after ignition on what would have been the third mission to deliver cargo and...
13 June 2017
Asgardia nation to launch inaugural satellite
...arrays, will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit on 12 September by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth operational cargo delivery flight to the...
29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
... to make it to orbit. And in October 2014, an Antares rocket also bound for the ISS exploded soon after lift-off. Thankfully...failure – their previous disappointment had come when the Antares rocket exploded last year. The science community was all...
14 November 2017
Space nation launches first satellite into orbit
... citizens. It was launched as a part of the OA-8 Antares-Cygnus mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and will...docked with the ISS today (14 November). Its launch by an Antares rocket was delayed by a day after a light aircraft strayed into...
03 July 2015
Progress departs for ISS as two previous failures have world on edge
...failed. This is besides the failure of the Antares rocket in October 2014. Eric Berger, science reporter ...thrilled we're all up late, on pins and needles willing on a Russian rocket to save our $150 billion station. — Eric Berger (@chronsciguy) July...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... Asgardia-1 will primarily be a data storage satellite. It is scheduled for launch into orbit this autumn by an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the ninth Cygnus cargo freighter, which will be on its eighth operational cargo delivery flight to the...
