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NASA Administrator Visits Wallops
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden receives an update on the development status of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo carrier May 17 at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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NASA Science Aircraft Departs for First Mission
NASA’s newest airborne science aircraft, the C-23 Sherpa, departed on its first mission May 16 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia .
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Orbital Sciences Pathfinder Operations Continue
Orbital Sciences Corporation is continuing the pathfinder operations of their Antares launch vehicle.
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Orbital Sciences begins Antares First Stage Roll Out Pathfinder Operations
Orbital Sciences Corporation has begun first stage rollout pathfinder operations on their Antares launch vehicle.
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ATREX Mission Successfully Launched from Wallops
NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream.
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NASA Confirms Launch Date for ATREX
A "go" for countdown leading to the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets is set for early March 27, 2-5am.
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Launch Date for ATREX Five Rocket Mission
NASA has scheduled the ATREX launch of 5 suborbital sounding rockets between midnight and 5am EDT, Tuesday, March 27.
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ATREX Mission Postponed from Wallops
The ATREX mission of five rockets from Virginia has been postponed because of weather. The next launch attempt will be no earlier than Monday morning, March 26.
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ATREX Mission Delayed Due to Weather
The ATREX mission of five rockets from Virginia has been postponed because of weather. The next launch attempt will be no earlier than Sunday morning, March 25.
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CIBER Mission Launched from NM
The CIBER experiment was successfully launched at 3 a.m. MDT (5 a.m. EDT), March 22 from the White Sands Missile Range, NM.
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ATREX Mission Delayed until March 23
NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to midnight to 3 a.m., March 23.
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ATREX Mission Moved to March 22
NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to midnight to 3 a.m., March 22.
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Countdown to Begin For Five Sounding Rockets to Illuminate Eastern U.S. Night Sky
NASA managers have given a "go" for a countdown leading to the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets just after midnight tonight on a science mission that will briefly create a milky white cloud that may be visible along a large portion of the U.S. east coast.
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Five Rocket ATREX Set for March 21
NASA has scheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream from midnight to 5 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, March 21.
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Five Rocket ATREX Moved to March 20
The ATREX mission has been postponed to no earlier than the night of March 20 due to expected poor weather along mid-Atlantic coast. Next update is Monday, March 19.
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Five Rocket ATREX Postponed to March 19
The ATREX mission has been rescheduled to no earlier than the night of Monday, March 19, due to the high probability of unacceptable weather on March 18. A launch decision will be made Sunday evening.
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Five Rocket ATREX Mission Rescheduled to March 18
The ATREX mission has been rescheduled to no earlier than the night of Sunday, March 18, due to the high probability of unacceptable weather on March 17. A launch decision will be made Saturday evening.
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NASA Five Rocket ATREX Mission Rescheduled
A high probability of unacceptable weather postpones launch attempt until evening of March 17.
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NASA Scrubs Five Rocket Mission For Tonight
Tonight's launch is postponed due to an internal radio frequency interference issue with one of the rockets. The next launch attempt is no earlier than the night of Friday, March 16.
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NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled March 15, 2012
As part of a study of the upper level jet stream, Wallops is scheduled to launch five suborbital sounding rockets in just over five minutes on March 15.