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• A tale of fire: S.S. Alan Poindexter successfully completes OA-5 mission

  Heather SmithNovember 28th, 2016

  The S.S. Alan Poindexter Cygnus spacecraft successfully completed re-entry on Nov. 27 over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand following a month-long stay at the International Space Station. The mission known as OA-5 marked Orbital ATK’s return to flight operations at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Remembering

  Jason RhianOctober 30th, 2016

  ABOVE PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — It was a trip meant to last about four days. When all was said and done, nine had elapsed. As most of us are aware, travel in the post-9-11 world is not what one would describe as “fun", and covering the return-to-flight of Antares had been an interesting challenge.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Waiting

  Jason RhianOctober 25th, 2016

  CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The sleepy seaside village of Chincoteague only has a population of about 3,000 and is generally a quiet restful place best known for the wild ponies who reside in the wetlands surrounding NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The island’s peaceful nature has been interrupted over the course of the past three years with some fairly dramatic activity.

• Photo Gallery: Light, shadow and fog – the flight of OA-5

  Jason RhianOctober 23rd, 2016

  WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. — Covering any launch is a challenge for even experienced photojournalists. Throw in a night launch, one shrouded in fog, and that challenge is one only the most skilled professionals would even attempt. SpaceFlight Insider presents – the flight of the S.S. Alan Poindexter atop an Orbital ATK Antares 230.

• SFI Video: Launch of Antares 230 with S.S. Alan Poindexter Cygnus spacecraft

  Jason RhianOctober 22nd, 2016

  WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. — With mission managers pushing the flight to the very close of a five-minute long launch window, Orbital ATK and NASA launched an Antares 230 rocket from MARS' Pad 0A at 7;45 p.m. EDT (23:45 GMT) on Oct. 17, 2016. SFI captured the entire event on video.

• Antares lights up Virginian night skies in return-to-flight OA-5 mission

  SpaceFlight InsiderOctober 18th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA and Orbital ATK returned the Antares launch vehicle to service on Monday, Oct. 17, with its payload of 5,100 lbs (2,313 kg) of cargo bound for the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off at 7:45 p.m. EDT from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

• SFI LIVE: Launch Coverage of Orbital ATK Antares 230 with OA-5 Cygnus

  Jason RhianOctober 17th, 2016

  WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. — Orbital ATK is preparing to launch an Antares 230 rocket with the OA-5, S.S. Alan Poindexter Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station this evening. SpaceFlight Insider's live webcast will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT (23:30 GMT). The launch window is scheduled to open at 8:03 p.m. EDT (00:03 GMT on Oct. 17) and extend for 5 minutes.

• Antares launch postponed 24 hours

  Derek RichardsonOctober 16th, 2016

  The launch of Orbital ATK's Antares 230 rocket will have to wait another 24 hours. The company announced a ground support equipment cable did not perform as expected during the pre-launch check out.

• Flame experiments among cargo being sent to ISS with OA-5 Cygnus

  Jason RhianOctober 15th, 2016

  WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. — As members of Orbital ATK made their way to the OA-5 Launch Readiness Review, NASA held a “What’s On Board” briefing on Oct. 15 at the auditorium located at the Visitor Complex at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

• With little damage to tracking station, OA-5 set to launch Sunday

  Jason RhianOctober 15th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital ATK and NASA are preparing to launch the first of their upgraded Antares-230 rockets from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission will mark the return-to-flight of Antares, but it has to have a critical asset survive Mother Nature first before it can take off on Sunday, Oct. 16.

• TS Nicole approaches Bermuda tracking station, prompting delay of OA-5 mission

  Jason RhianOctober 11th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — After slipping 24 hours to Friday, it looks as though the OA-5 Cygnus cargo mission to the ISS will be delayed again. This time, it's due to Tropical Storm Nicole, which is strengthening and poised to strike Bermuda, the location of a critical launch tracking station, as early as this Thursday.

• Launch of OA-5 Cygnus slips 24 hours

  Jason RhianOctober 10th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — Orbital ATK has opted to rescheduled the flight of the OA-5 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the Antares 230 rocket. The mission had been poised to launch at 9:13 p.m. EDT Oct. 13 (01:13 GMT Oct. 4) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A.

• Launch of OA-5 moves to Oct. 13 as Hurricane Matthew looms

  Jason RhianOctober 4th, 2016

  With the pre-launch Flight Readiness Review for the upcoming OA-5 flight on the newly re-engined Antares 230 launch vehicle complete, NASA and Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital ATK had to confront the possibility a hurricane could put a serious damper on flight plans. With that, a new, more precise L-0 was established.

• Orbital ATK targeting Oct. 9–13 for Antares launch

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 20th, 2016

  Orbital ATK is targeting Oct. 9–13 for the launch of the company’s upgraded Antares 230 rocket. Liftoff will occur from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport to send the OA-5 Cygnus spacecraft, called S.S. Alan G. Poindexter, to the International Space Station (ISS).

• Antares return to flight pushed to October

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 14th, 2016

  According to Space News, at an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2016 conference in Long Beach, California, Orbital ATK’s director of business development, John Steinmeyer, said on Sept. 13 that the company was looking to launch their Antares rocket in early October – a delay from late September.