Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully carried out a long-duration test firing of the liquid-fueled AJ26 ...

Company Begins Development Testing for Medium-Class Launch Vehicle in Preparation for First Flight in 2011 Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology ...

A jammed steering device on the Taurus rocket caused it to veer out of control and ultimately led to the mission/s failure last month, according to a team investigating the mishap.

Taurus uses Space Launch Complex 576 E, an old Atlas missile facility. But unlike traditional rockets, Taurus doesn?t use a standard launch pad. Instead, its launch stand sits on a concrete pad, and ...

Sitting in the rocket/s nosecone was a French-made satellite frame carrying instruments for Taiwan/s space agency. "It/s kind of been a multinational event," said Bill Wrobel, Taurus program manager ...

Orbital Sciences Corp. has picked the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia as the base of operations for its new Taurus II rocket, it was announced June 9. Orbital plans to invest about ...

4/1/04 An Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus rocket launch of a satellite for the government of Taiwan has been delayed at least two weeks due to technical problems with the space booster.