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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA successfully launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket at 5:50 p.m. EST this evening from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) During the flight, two red-colored lithium vapor trails were produced. Reports from those viewing the launch or vapor trails came from as far away as the Outer Banks, N.C.; eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Two...

The launch of NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 11, from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket is targeted to occur at the opening of a 48-minute launch window at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST). LDCM is a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat series, which began in 1972 and will add to the longest continuous data record...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA rocket mission to test technology for gathering science data during future projects is scheduled for launch between 5:30 - 6:50 p.m. EST, January 29, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) During the suborbital flight of the Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket, two red-colored lithium vapor trails will occur in space that may be seen...

Media are invited to a photo and interview opportunity at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 30, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Journalists will visit Kennedy's Swamp Works research laboratories and the facility where NASA's Orion spacecraft is being prepared for its first launch. Kennedy Director Bob Cabana will provide a status update on the center’s transformation to a multiuse government and commercial space launch and recovery complex. Media must be at Kennedy's press site by...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Officials from Virgin Galactic are reportedly threatening to pull their support from a $200-plus million, publicly financed spaceport in New Mexico unless an accident liability waver is extended to cover manufacturers and component suppliers. According to Edward Helmore of The Guardian, Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company has been displeased with state lawmakers failure to grant the extension. New Mexico legislators...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The launch of a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 18, from Wallops Flight Facility has been postponed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) A new launch date has not been determined. The next launch from the Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA Terrier-Orion suborbital sounding rocket scheduled for late January 2013....

NASA has awarded its Test and Operations Support Contract, or TOSC, to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. Jacobs will provide overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These tasks will support the International Space Station, Ground Systems Development and Operations, and the Space Launch System, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Launch Services programs. The...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded its Test and Operations Support Contract, or TOSC, to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. Jacobs will provide overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These tasks will support the International Space Station, Ground Systems Development and Operations, and the Space Launch System,...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The launch of a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense tonight, Dec. 14, from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has been postponed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The new launch date is 8 to 8:30 p.m. EST, December 18. More information on these and other missions at Wallops is available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/wallops...

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the third Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-3) for the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) at 1:03 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-41. The OTV, also known as the X-37B, supports space experimentation, risk reduction, and concept of operations development for long duration and reusable space vehicle technologies. The first two OTV...