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 ...

Taurus has launched eight times now, and this marks the second failure. NASA has convened a Mishap Investigation Board to determine the cause of the launch failure. Officials couldn't say this morning ...

An expansion project for Orbital Sciences Corp. in Chandler will give the company more room to develop and manufacture a new, more powerful rocket to supply the international space station and launch ...

The Air Force is closely tracking the investigation into the recent failure of a Taurus rocket, a sibling to a Minotaur space booster scheduled for liftoff next month from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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.

5/21/04 In a mission with international flavor, a more powerful Taurus rocket debuted successfully Thursday, giving Taiwan its second satellite in space.