Tag: Cygnus
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Antares lofts Cygnus on 13th ISS resupply flight
A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ lifted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia on Saturday after upper level winds called off a Friday attempt. The rocket carried the automated Cygnus spacecraft on its 13th contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Its original launch date was scrubbed due to…
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From the garage to the space station: Voxa’s Mochii electron microscope will be flying high
Voxa CEO Chris Own stands in the middle of a living room that’s been converted into a workshop for building and testing electron microscopes. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) SHORELINE, Wash. — Running a startup out of your garage may sound like a tech cliche, but for Voxa CEO Chris Own, it’s routine. What’s not…
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Cygnus NG-12 unberths – heads into post-Station mission extension
Following NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s requested, and the Federal Communications Commission approved, post-Station mission extension, the NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft is now into an extended post-unberthing phase of its mission. Cygnus had a pre-flight approval to perform two weeks of solo flight operations after leaving the Station before destructively re-entering. That solo flight operation has now…
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A Tale of Two Cygnuses: NG-11 and NG-12
While the main focus last weekend was on the successful launch of the Cygnus NG-12 mission with a fresh set of science experiments and supplies for the Expedition 61 crew of the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman was eagerly awaiting the opportunity to test a critical new capability for Cygnus. That new effort was the…
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Photos: Antares rocket lifts offs on space station cargo mission
A two-stage Northrop Grumman Antares booster lifted off Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore with a Cygnus cargo freighter on the way to the International Space Station. These photos show the 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) rocket climbing into the sky from pad 0A at the spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The Antares…
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Space station receives spacewalking gear, new baking oven
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship was captured by the space station’s robotic arm at 4:10 a.m. EST (0910 GMT) Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took control of the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robot arm Monday to capture a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship carrying crew provisions, spacewalking gear to repair an…
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Cygnus NG-12 arrives at ISS with increased science capability
Less than 48 hours after launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, the NG-12 Cygnus cargo spacecraft from Northrop Grumman has arrived at the International Space Station. The mission is debuting critical new capabilities for NASA as part of the CRS2 (Commercial Resupply Services 2) cargo contract, including payload late-load at the…
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Space station resupply mission successfully launches from Virginia
A 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket lifts off from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying a Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, upgraded to carry heavier payloads into orbit, lifted off Saturday from a launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore…
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Live coverage: Cygnus spacecraft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 12th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Cygnus cargo ship heads to space station with satellite built by students in Seattle
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket rises from its Virginia launch pad, sending a Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) Northrop Grumman launched a robotic Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station today, marking one giant leap for a small satellite built by students at the University of Washington…