The Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with the 52-minute launch window opening at 6:25 am PT (14:25 UTC). Lockheed is self-funding the ...

An unmanned Antares rocket carrying nearly 5,000 pounds of ... and they just saw catastrophic failure. The hard part is to make sure that these students hold onto the appropriate frame of mind ...

However, Planet’s satellites are cheap and easy to manufacture – making it far less difficult to recover from a failure. On October 28th, 2014 an Orbital ATK Antares rocket exploded just ...

TASS/. The launch of the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft has been postponed to February 13, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.

The RD-181 engine was designed for use in the Antares rocket. It is a single combustion chamber rocket engine with afterburning of oxidizing gas, fueled by a kerosene / LOX mixture. It was ...