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... . It came from engineer Dandridge Cole and the team at the Martin advanced projects division. Antares was an early forerunner of the concept for ground launching using a long track to ... a 15 mile long inclined track would carry a turbojet-powered sled to carry the Antares, a winged nuclear powered shuttle, up to a ground speed of 2000 feet per second ... nuclear rocket to attain a speed of 10,000 feet per second. Cole predicted that Antares' first iteration could be built and flying by 1972. The main engines would be derived ...

... NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Today's successful test flight of Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket from the spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, demonstrates an additional private space-launch capability ... more groundbreaking missions in the months and years ahead. Orbital is building and testing its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. After successful ...

... 's commercial partner, Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., is scheduled to launch its first Antares rocket from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility ... year under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program. This mission will demonstrate the Antares launch system beginning with its April 6 rollout and placement on the launch pad through ...

... giant leap in exploration -- including future missions to an asteroid and Mars. Orbital ATK’s Antares program remains on schedule to commence flight operations from Wallops in the first half of ... . The team stands ready to support resumption of the cargo resupply launches with the upgraded Antares launch vehicle. ''Release M15-170'' '''NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch ...

... THE SPACE STATION PROGRESSING'' WASHINGTON -- Orbital Sciences Corporation Monday rolled the first stage of its Antares rocket to the launch pad of the nation's newest spaceport - the Mid-Atlantic Regional ... mark progress in returning space station resupply missions to American soil. With rollout of the Antares rocket, Orbital continues toward a series of tests at the launch pad that will lead ...

... -0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. Orbital is testing the Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. A demonstration flight of Antares and Cygnus to the International Space Station is planned for later this year. Following the ...

... the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences is the other company participating in COTS. Orbital's Antares launch vehicle is on the launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in advance of a hot fire test of the Antares first-stage engines. A flight test of the Antares with a simulated Cygnus spacecraft and a demonstration flight of Cygnus ...

... devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. ''CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-027 NASA ADDS ORBITAL'S ANTARES TO LAUNCH SERVICES II CONTRACT'' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services ... under contract to introduce launch vehicles not currently on their NLS II contracts, such as Antares. NLS II contracts are multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with ordering periods through ...

... on the orbiting laboratory. Orbital Sciences is the other company participating in COTS. Orbital's Antares launch vehicle is on the launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket ... tests are completed, a hot fire test of the Antares first-stage engines will be conducted. A flight test of the Antares with a simulated Cygnus spacecraft will be flown in late ...

... , Md. ''MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-046 - NASA MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR TEST FLIGHT OF ORBITAL'S ANTARES ROCKET'' --WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Media accreditation is open for a test flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight ... occur between April 16-18 at approximately 3 p.m. EDT, the day of launch. Antares is undergoing testing that will enable the rocket to eventually carry experiments and supplies to ...

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