COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — If congress approves NASA’s plan to add $300 million to its 2011 budget to develop commercial cargo delivery systems for the international space station, Orbital Sciences ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s $424 million Glory climate observation satellite was lost in a March 4 launch attempt from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after the shroud designed to protect the spacecraft ...

At 2:49 p.m. EDT today Orbital’s Taurus rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying NASA’s QuikTOMS ozone monitoring satellite, ORBIMAGE’S OrbView-4 high-resolution imaging ...

Taiwan's National Space Program Office has opted for the Orbital Sciences (OSC) Taurus rocket to launch the Rocsat-2 remote sensing satellite. Rocsat, built by Europe's Astrium and scheduled for ...

The launch failure that doomed NASA's Glory climate satellite shouldn't affect plans for the rocket's builder to fly cargo ships – and possibly even manned spacecraft – for NASA, the company said. The ...

Orbital Sciences (OSC) has announced at Le Bourget that its Taurus rocket has been selected by China¹s National Space Program Office (NSPO) to launch the Rocsat-2 remote sensing satellite. Rocsat, ...

Its primary purpose is deploying six SkySat satellites and four loaf-of-bread-sized Dove satellites into orbit around 310 miles above the Earth, to provide data to San Francisco-based Planet Labs Inc.

Orbital Successfully Test Fires First Stage Rocket Engine for Taurus II Rocket at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on November 10, 2010. (Photo: Orbital Sciences Corporation) Orbital ...

After spending most of today troubleshooting a problem that prevented the Taurus XL rocket from blasting off early this morning, NASA officials decided to delay the launch until at least Friday.

Investigators are trying to determine why a rocket carrying satellites and the cremated remains of 50 people apparently failed after launch and fell into the Indian Ocean. Satellites owned by Orbital ...