12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... to the ISS, including Bigelow Aerospace, Axiom Space and Ixion (a consortium of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance), with the latter having received NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study the conversion...
02 June 2016
XCOR lays off significant part of workforce
...that the company was concentrating its resources on developing a liquid hydrogen engine under a contract with United Launch Alliance announced in March. That effectively puts development of the company’s Lynx suborbital spaceplane on hold. “Following...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
...structures can be arbitrarily large since they will not have to fit inside a launch vehicle. These efforts can evolve from existing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing... Engineer for the Atlas V payload fairing at United Launch Alliance.
03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... hardware to the International Space Station. The Cygnus is scheduled to launch at 5:55 p.m EST (2255 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. This is the fourth resupply mission performed...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft was successfully launched to the ISS by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on March 22 ...be determined later and depend on NASA's schedule. Prior to that launch, Orbital ATK plans to carry out a static fire test of ...
04 November 2016
China launches new heavy-lift rocket
... debut. Credit: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The heavy rocket is comparable to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy launcher, although SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, scheduled for flight early 2017, is expected to be larger than...
