NASA Set to Launch Supply Ship to Space Station

NASA’s supply ships to the International Space Station are soon to fly again. From Our Advertisers Orbital ATK, one of two companies that NASA has hired to ferry cargo, is set to launch 7,700 pounds of equipment, experiments and supplies on Thursday. Orbital’s last cargo run, in October last year, ended in a fireball when the rocket exploded 15 seconds after liftoff. Investigators blamed the failure of one of two refurbished 1970s-era Soviet engines that powered Orbital’s Antares rocket. The launchpad at Wallops Island, Va., was badly damaged. More

(Source: New York Times - Dec 3)