Posted on 12/10/2014 1:30:30 PM PST by BenLurkin
Following the catastrophic Oct. 28 failure of Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket on a critical resupply mission to the space station for NASA, the company is seeking to quickly make up the loss to NASA by announcing the selection of the venerable Atlas V rocket built by United Launch Alliance to launch Orbital’s next Cygnus cargo ship to the orbital science lab.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
The mighty arms of Atlas.
The Atlas V still uses a Russian built rocket motor.
Atlas V bump!
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