cargo Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/cargo/ Covering the business and politics of space Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:20:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png cargo Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/cargo/ 32 32 80681979 U.S. Air Force halts plan for rocket landing pads on remote Pacific atoll amid environmental backlash https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-halts-plan-for-rocket-landing-pads-on-remote-pacific-atoll-amid-environmental-backlash/ https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-halts-plan-for-rocket-landing-pads-on-remote-pacific-atoll-amid-environmental-backlash/#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:20:34 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=525361

The pads were intended to support the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program

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]]> https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-halts-plan-for-rocket-landing-pads-on-remote-pacific-atoll-amid-environmental-backlash/feed/ 0 525361 Rocket Lab’s Neutron tapped for U.S. military cargo test https://spacenews.com/rocket-labs-neutron-tapped-for-u-s-military-cargo-test/ https://spacenews.com/rocket-labs-neutron-tapped-for-u-s-military-cargo-test/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 23:37:54 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=517260

Neutron, designed to lift up to 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit, remains on schedule for its inaugural launch in 2025

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]]> https://spacenews.com/rocket-labs-neutron-tapped-for-u-s-military-cargo-test/feed/ 0 517260 Air Force selects Pacific landing sites to test space cargo deliveries https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-pacific-landing-sites-to-test-space-cargo-deliveries/ https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-pacific-landing-sites-to-test-space-cargo-deliveries/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:15:26 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=513745

The military will seek environmental approval for two landing pads at Johnston Atoll

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]]> https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-pacific-landing-sites-to-test-space-cargo-deliveries/feed/ 0 513745 Antares Rocket Ready For Roll Out https://spacenews.com/antares-rocket-ready-for-roll-out/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=533

The Antares rocket is being hoisted inside the assembly building at Wallops Island onto its transporter in preparation for its roll out to the launch pad on Saturday morning. Larger […]

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]]> 488700 Dragon is Ready for Return to Earth https://spacenews.com/dragon-is-ready-for-return-to-earth/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:24:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=520

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for […]

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]]> 488602 Antares Engine Test Scheduled for Feb. 22 https://spacenews.com/antares-engine-test-scheduled-for-feb-22-2/ Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:44:18 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=499

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will provide launch range support for an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket engine test scheduled for Feb. 22 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A. The window […]

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]]> 488423 Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission Launch https://spacenews.com/next-spacex-station-resupply-mission-launch/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:26:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=493

NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). […]

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]]> 488334 SpaceX & NASA Target Oct. 7 Launch For Dragon https://spacenews.com/spacex-nasa-target-oct-7-launch-for-dragon/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:46:11 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=347

NASA managers, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) officials and international partner representatives Thursday announced Sunday, Oct. 7, as the target launch date for the first contracted cargo resupply flight to […]

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]]> 486964 Virginia and Orbital Sign ISS Cargo MOU https://spacenews.com/virginia-and-orbital-sign-iss-cargo-mou/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:05:08 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=346

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (“VCSFA”) and Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation (“Orbital”) have reached a new agreement to govern their working relationship […]

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]]> 486879 GAO Report on Commercial Space Transportation https://spacenews.com/gao-report-on-commercial-space-transportation/ Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:36:57 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=259

What GAO Found: Since a peak of 22 U.S. commercial space launches in fiscal year 1998, the annual number of launches generally ranged from 4 to 9 launches. The number […]

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