Tag: Cygnus
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End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry
A last gasp in a long-standing link between Russia and Ukraine in the field of rocketry could come this week in an unlikely place—the rural wetlands of eastern Virginia—halfway around the world from the battlefields where the nations’ military forces are locked in a deadly conflict. A commercial Antares rocket owned by the US aerospace…
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Antares 230+ farewell launch flying S.S. Laurel Clark to ISS
The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 200 series of rockets, lifted off Tuesday with the NG-19 mission under the Commercial Resupply Services cargo contract to supply the International Space Station. The Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) NG-19 flight launched from LP-0A at the…
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SS Sally Ride Cygnus arrives at ISS on NG-18 mission
Northrop Grumman launched the second to last Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia for the NG-18 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:32:42 AM EST (10:23:423 UTC) on Monday, Nov. 7 Despite one of its solar arrays failing to fully deploy, the cargo vehicle successfully arrived at the ISS for berthing two…
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Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-17 arrives at ISS
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, less than two days after it launched on the Antares 230+ rocket from Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Enhanced Cygnus spacecraft on this mission is named the S.S. Piers Sellers, in honor of the former NASA astronaut.…
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Northrop Grumman discusses Antares NG-16’s eventful countdown, talks future missions
On August 10, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The NG-16 countdown was hampered with helium and ground computer issues leading up to the final T0 mark. But teams at Northrop Grumman were able to launch at the end of the launch window at…
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NG-16 arrives at ISS, Northrop Grumman talks Cygnus’ future use
After a 36 hour phasing profile, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka cargo ship, part of Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 mission, has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Safely in the grip of Canadarm2, Cygnus was attached to the nadir port of the Unity (Node-1) module for the multi-month cargo delivery and removal process. Speaking before the…
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S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus mission launches safely to ISS
Northrop Grumman launched the NG-16 Cygnus cargo vehicle, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka, to the International Space Station at 18:01:05 EDT / 22:01:05 UTC from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Island flight facility in Virginia. The mission will deliver 3,723 kg of crew equipment, science experiments, food, and station hardware, with a scheduled arrival…
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Photos: Antares rocket blasts off from Eastern Shore of Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket powered off its launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Feb. 20 with a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station. Named for Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician portrayed in “Hidden Figures,” the Cygnus cargo freighter delivered more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the space…
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Northrop Grumman supply carrier delivers to International Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship completes its 15th cargo delivery to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday with more than 8,000 pounds of cargo, including new astronaut sleeping quarters, parts for the station’s toilet, and numerous biomedical…
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Northrop Grumman’s S.S. Katherine Johnson arrives at the ISS
Northrop Grumman kicked off their 2021 launch manifest with the flight of an Antares rocket delivering the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia at 12:36:50 EST (17:36:50 UTC) Saturday, 20 February 2021. The spacecraft then conducted a rendezvous with the Station…