Tag: Cygnus
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Repair equipment for particle physics experiment aboard next station cargo launch
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer instrument has been collecting data on the International Space Station since 2011. Credit: NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship set for liftoff Saturday will deliver to the International Space Station the final hardware for a series of ambitious spacewalks later this month to install a new coolant system on the Alpha…
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Upgraded Antares launches first CRS2 NASA flight of Cygnus
With the first flight of the Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract for NASA, Northrop Grumman debuted an upgraded Antares rocket. The new Antares 230+ permits greater up-mass capability to the International Space Station to meet the CRS2 contract requirements from NASA. Launch of the NG-12 Cygnus mission from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia…
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Upgraded Antares rocket rolled out for launch on space station resupply mission
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out to pad 0A Tuesday at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out to its launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore early Tuesday, setting the stage for liftoff Saturday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station…
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Cygnus supply ship departs space station, begins extended mission
The Cygnus spacecraft begins a departure burn after release from the International Space Station’s robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Wrapping up 109 days attached to the International Space Station, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship departed the orbiting research lab Tuesday to begin an extended four-month mission for additional technology demonstrations and smallsat deployments.…
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NG-11 Cygnus departs Station for months of on-orbit free-flight tests
After 110 days at the International Space Station, the Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) NG-11 Cygnus resupply vehicle has departed the orbital outpost. But in a significant change from previous missions, Cygnus will not perform a destructive re-entry within the next few weeks, instead remaining on orbit until the end of the year to test…
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With 2024 in mind, NASA picks Northrop Grumman to build moon-orbiting habitat
An artist’s conception shows the Gateway platform’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, attached to the Gateway’s power and propulsion element. (NASA Illustration) NASA says it’s choosing Northrop Grumman to build the habitation module for its future moon-orbiting Gateway outpost, because it’s the only company that can do the job in time for a 2024…
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NASA taps Northrop Grumman in sole-source agreement to build Gateway habitat
Artist’s illustration of the Gateway in orbit around the moon, with the Power and Propulsion Element, a habitation module, and a visiting cargo resupply craft and Orion crew capsule. Credit: NASA Racing against the clock to meet the Trump administration’s 2024 deadline to land astronauts on the moon, NASA plans to select Northrop Grumman to…
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Station mission planning reveals new target Commercial Crew launch dates
As part of standard planning among the international partners, NASA has revised its Visiting Vehicle plan for all upcoming and long-range missions to the International Space Station. The update includes new planning dates for the first Commercial Crew launches on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner vehicles, when U.S. crew rotation flights are slated to…
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Photos: Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launch April 17 from Virginia’s Eastern Shore marked the start of the 11th Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station. Firing away from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, the 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket arced toward the southeast over the Atlantic Ocean powered by…
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NG-11 Cygnus, S.S. Roger Chaffee, brings the science to ISS
Roughly 37 hours after launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station with 7,600 lbs (3,442 kg) of supplies. Grappled by Station astronauts Anne McClain (NASA) and David Saint-Jacques (CSA) using the Canadarm2, the S.S. Roger Chaffee will now be berthed to…