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Preview: Cygnus to take flight Tuesday aboard Atlas 5 rocket

March 19, 2016 Justin Ray

A hundred days after the last U.S. commercial resupply of the International Space Station by a Cygnus cargo ship launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket, the booster and freighter duo will do it again Tuesday.

Atlas 5/Cygnus OA-6 launch timeline

March 17, 2016 Justin Ray

Follow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship for the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday at 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT).

International Space Station to study meteors hitting atmosphere

March 17, 2016 Justin Ray

Peering down at the Earth’s atmosphere from a research window aboard the International Space Station, a new science instrument launching Tuesday will compose unprecedented characterizations of the chemical makeup of shooting stars.

Scientists to start fire in discarded spacecraft to study flames in weightless

March 16, 2016 Justin Ray

Working via remote control this spring, scientists will spark a fire aboard the unmanned Cygnus cargo ship that launches Tuesday to study how the deliberate flames spread in weightlessness.

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for space station resupply launch

March 15, 2016 Justin Ray

Relive the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility for the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter for the International Space Station.

Atlas 5 rocket and Cygnus freighter mated for next week’s cargo launch

March 14, 2016 Justin Ray

Bound for the International Space Station with a max load of fresh supplies, a commercially-operated cargo ship was mounted atop its booster rocket today for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on March 22.

Photos: Cygnus encapsulated for journey into space atop Atlas 5

March 11, 2016 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance workers encapsulated the freighter on Wednesday with the 14-foot-diameter, 45-foot-long extra extended payload fairing (XEPF) at Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.

MUOS 5 satellite comes to Florida on way to geosynchronous orbit

March 9, 2016 Justin Ray

The fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s new mobile network to provide rugged smartphone communications to all branches of the military has arrived at the launch site for blastoff in May.

New GPS satellite begins transmitting to users around the globe

March 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Air Force ground controllers have activated service aboard the newest Global Positioning System satellite, achieving that milestone for the final spacecraft in a dozen built in a manufacturing batch to update the constellation.

Photos: Cygnus packed up and fueled for trip to the space station

March 8, 2016 Justin Ray

The International Space Station cargo ship launching from Cape Canaveral on March 22 has been given a name — the SS Rick Husband.