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Astronomy

Antares booster makes a comeback as OA-5 blasts off for the ISS

Almost two years after a disastrous liftoff explosion, Orbital-ATK's Antares booster is back in service. At 7:45 pm EDT, an improved Antares 230 rocket blasted off from the MARS Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Island facility in Virginia carrying the commercial OA-5 mission.

The S.S. Deke Slayton II disembarks from the ISS

Astronomy

Cygnus spacecraft takes out the trash

The Orbital Sciences/ATK Cygnus CRS-4 mission came to an end today as NASA astronauts used one of the International Space Station's robotic arms to release the spacecraft from its docking port.

Cygnus lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia (Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronomy

Cygnus heads for the International Space Station

Commercial space flight took another step forward today as NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia launched Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft for a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).