Orbital Sciences successfully launched its Antares cargo rocket to space for the first time April 21, bringing the Dulles, Va., company a big step closer to making routine cargo deliveries to the international space station for NASA.

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...