Articles about Orbital ATK

Blue Origin, ULA and Northrop Grumman weigh in on multibillion-dollar SpaceX rocket lawsuit

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and subsidiaries of United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are intervening in… Read More

Orbital ATK sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with science and a sextant

Update for 10 p.m. PT May 24: Astronauts used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to snag Orbital ATK’s robotic… Read More

Orbital ATK christens its next-generation rocket: Say hello to OmegA with an ‘A’

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Orbital ATK’s entrant in the competition for national security launches has a new name: OmegA. The… Read More

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with a ‘nation’

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket today sent a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the first step of its journey to the International… Read More

Northrop Grumman’s $7.8B deal to acquire Orbital ATK fuels aerospace consolidation

Northrop Grumman’s purchase of Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion will create a company involved in projects ranging from America’s next… Read More

Liftoff sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station, but 360-degree video falls short

Today’s launch of a robotic Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station was totally successful. But the first-ever live… Read More

After two-year gap, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket puts Cygnus cargo ship in orbit

Orbital ATK’s Antares two-stage rocket sent a robotic Cygnus cargo spaceship on its way to the International Space Station today, nearly… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch teams up (again) with Orbital ATK on air-launched rockets

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems has renewed its partnership with Orbital ATK on a platform that will make use… Read More

It’s a blast! NASA’s booster for heavy-lift SLS rocket gets final pre-launch test firing

The solid-rocket booster that’s destined to help send future NASA missions into deep space has blasted through its last full-scale… Read More

Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitch

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial cargo ship had a smooth link-up with the International Space Station today, delivering about 7,500 pounds… Read More

Cygnus cargo craft heads for space station with 3-D printer and more cool gizmos

Orbital ATK’s commercial Cygnus cargo capsule was lofted into orbit tonight atop an Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded 3-D printer,… Read More

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

Cygnus spaceship delivers HoloLens and other goodies to space station

The International Space Station’s astronauts got their Christmas presents early today, in the form of HoloLens augmented-reality headsets from Microsoft… Read More

It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station

After waiting out Florida’s weather for three days, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lofted supplies to the International Space Station… Read More