Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:00
A privately-owned cargo ship, operated by US space company Orbital Sciences Corp., completed its first rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, Xinhua reported citing NASA TV.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 09:01
A traffic jam at the International Space Station is prompting a second delay in the arrival of a new commercial cargo ship that is making a test run to the orbital outpost.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 21:42
Orbital Sciences Corp launched the first flight of its unmanned Antares rocket today to the International Space Station, as NASA forges ahead with its plan to privatise US space missions.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:31
An unmanned Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp. was poised for launch from Virginia on Wednesday to send a new cargo capsule to the International Space Station.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:18
NASA on Monday cleared a second commercial company to launch a cargo ship to the International Space Station, with blastoff slated this week from a Virginia spaceport.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 22:31
Researchers at MIT have discovered an exoplanet that is 700 light-years away and completes an entire rotation around its star in just 8.5 hours.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 19:29
Virgin Galactic, after launching the historic first rocket-powered flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, plans to build a fleet of orbital spaceships and begin ferrying hundreds of tourists into space in 2014.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10:07
Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites were flown into space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.`s Antares rocket from NASA`s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.
Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 10:43
On Sunday, NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched its Antares rocket from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 09:22
Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, will make a new attempt to launch a first test flight of its Antares rocket.
Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 21:04
An impressive 132-foot high rocket is set for a test launch on Saturday after a technical glitch and bad weather halted its previous two attempts.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 09:32
A private US company hired by NASA cancelled its plan to test launch its new Antares rocket intended to be used on supply runs to the International Space Station after a last-minute technical glitch, officials said.
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