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  • Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Completes 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Completes 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Monday at 7:54 a.m. Eastern time after it delivered approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station and completed secondary space missions. The re-entry of the spacecraft, also known as S. S. Gene Cernan, marked the conclusion of Orbital ATK’s eighth ISS cargo supply mission under its Commercial Resupply […] More

  • SpaceX’s Reused Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 13th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Reused Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 13th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft reached the International Space Station Sunday to deliver approximately 4,861 pounds of scientific experiments and crew supplies in support of more than 300 investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory, NASASpaceFlight.com reported Sunday. Astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei used a robotic arm, CanadArm2, to capture and navigate the Dragon spacecraft to the Nadir port […] More

  • Orbital ATK's Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft launched Sunday morning at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket to bring approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. Cygnus lifted off at 7:19 a.m. Eastern time to deliver equipment, supplies and experiments to ISS crew as part of Orbital ATK’s eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission, the company said Sunday. […] More

  • SpaceX’s End-of-Year Launch Manifest Includes ‘Zuma’ Mission, 4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s End-of-Year Launch Manifest Includes ‘Zuma’ Mission, 4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch

    SpaceX has squeezed in a mystery mission known as Zuma to its updated schedule of launches for 2017, NASASpaceFlight.com reported Monday. The Zuma mission, also known as Mission 1390 on the Federal Communications Commission launch license, is set to take off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket by Nov. 10 from a launch pad at Kennedy […] More

  • Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    Orbital ATK aims to launch on Nov. 10 its Cygnus spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket to deliver crew supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the spacecraft will lift off from a launch pad at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to mark Orbital ATK’s eighth cargo delivery mission to […] More

  • HPE Sends Supercomputer to ISS as Part of SpaceX’s 12th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE Sends Supercomputer to ISS as Part of SpaceX’s 12th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built supercomputer took off aboard a SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The Spaceborne Computer is part of a one-year experiment that HPE will conduct with NASA to […] More

  • SpaceX Launches 12th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches 12th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Monday aboard the Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the company’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft took off at 12:31 p.m. Eastern time to deliver at least 6,400 pounds of crew supplies and experiments to the ISS, NASA said […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK has concluded its seventh cargo delivery mission to International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The company said Sunday its Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed S.S. John Glen, also served as a platform for in-space research before the vehicle re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. S.S. John Glenn was launched atop a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V […] More

  • SpaceX Launches Reused Dragon Capsule for 11th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches Reused Dragon Capsule for 11th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft took off Saturday aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver approximately 6,000 pounds of scientific instruments and crew supplies to the International Space Station, Space.com reported Saturday. The Dragon spacecraft’s launch from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the first time that SpaceX used a refurbished second stage as well as the company’s […] More

  • Report: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket to Carry NRO Payload Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket to Carry NRO Payload Into Orbit

    SpaceX is preparing for the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send a classified payload into space for the National Reconnaissance Office, Space News reported Wednesday. Phillip Swarts writes the rocket will carry the NROL-76 payload that may include a data relay satellite built to operate in the Molniya orbit. The […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Arrives at Space Station for 7th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Arrives at Space Station for 7th Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station to deliver approximately 7,600 pounds of crew supplies, food, clothing, spare parts, scientific experiments and laboratory equipment. The S.S. John Glenn spacecraft reached ISS Saturday and completed berthing procedures days after its April 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket to mark Orbital ATK’s seventh […] More