Orbital ATK

Key return to flight milestone looms for Antares rocket

May 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

Targeting a resumption of Antares cargo launches to the International Space Station as soon as July, Orbital ATK plans to roll out an upgraded Antares rocket to a launch pad in Virginia this week for a 30-second firing of the booster’s new engines.

Orbital ATK eyes Kennedy Space Center as home of potential new launcher

April 21, 2016 Stephen Clark

NASA announced Thursday that Orbital ATK has begun negotiations to lease a disused section of Kennedy Space Center’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building and an Apollo-era launch platform for the company’s proposed next-generation rocket.

Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space station

March 26, 2016 Justin Ray

This collection of official NASA photographs captures the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolling to the pad on Monday, successfully blasting off Tuesday and the Cygnus freighter arriving at the International Space Station on Saturday morning.

Traveling Cygnus pulls into port at International Space Station

March 26, 2016 Justin Ray

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used the robotic arm to snare a commercial cargo ship and bring it aboard this morning while traveling at five miles per second.

Video: Cygnus freighter arrives at orbital destination

March 26, 2016 Justin Ray

The International Space Station crew reaches out with the Canadian robotic arm and grabs the Cygnus OA-6 commercial cargo ship filled with 7,485 pounds of supplies, food and science gear.

Live coverage: Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

March 26, 2016 Justin Ray

The commercial Cygnus freighter carrying over 7,000 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on Saturday morning. It was captured by the robotic arm at 6:51 a.m. EDT (1051 GMT).

Videos: Preparing Atlas 5 and Cygnus for trip to space station

March 25, 2016 Justin Ray

These narrated videos show the pre-launch preparations that readied the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and the Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo-delivery spacecraft for flight and rolling to Complex 41 for liftoff to the International Space Station.

Key return to flight milestone looms for Antares rocket

Orbital ATK eyes Kennedy Space Center as home of potential new launcher

Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space station

Traveling Cygnus pulls into port at International Space Station

Video: Cygnus freighter arrives at orbital destination

Live coverage: Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

Videos: Preparing Atlas 5 and Cygnus for trip to space station

Atlas 5 forced to improvise during Tuesday’s climb to orbit

Launch replays from Tuesday’s Atlas 5 flight with Cygnus

Atlas 5/Cygnus post-launch press conference