Tag: Cygnus
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Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station
The Cygnus spacecraft, christened the S.S. Roger Chaffee, is in the firm grasp of the space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm Friday after arrival. Credit: David Saint-Jacques/CSA/NASA NASA flight engineer Anne McClain grappled Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship with the International Space Station’s robotic arm Friday, marking the automated cargo freighter’s arrival after an abbreviated day-and-a-half-long…
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Antares rocket boosts Cygnus supply ship toward International Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter packed with 3.8 tons of medical and pharmaceutical experiments, technology demonstration hardware, CubeSats, food and supplies rode an Antares rocket into orbit from Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon on the first leg of a day-and-a-half journey…
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Photos: Ground crews load final cargo into Cygnus supply ship
Technicians working at launch pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia completed the final loading of cargo into Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship late Tuesday, and the Antares rocket was raised vertical again in preparation for Wednesday’s countdown. Specialists removed the top of the Antares rocket’s payload shroud and opened the forward hatch…
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Antares launch timeline on the NG-11 mission
Credit: Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Wednesday to begin a day-and-a-half pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a complex owned by the state of Virginia at…
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Antares, Cygnus launch on final CRS1 contract flight; debuting critical new capabilities
It might be the final CRS1 (Commercial Resupply Services 1) contract flight for both the Antares rocket and the Cygnus spacecraft, but as the two prepare to transition seamlessly into the CRS2 round of cargo contracts for NASA beginning in the fall, they are both capping the current contract by debuting a host of new…
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Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to the space station
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, sending a robotic Cygnus cargo capsule into orbit. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) Almost four tons of supplies, hardware and science payloads are heading to the International Space Station after today’s launch of a robotic Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship. The spacecraft,…
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Northrop Grumman introducing new capabilities on Cygnus cargo craft
File photo of a Cygnus supply ship departing the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 10th cargo mission Feb. 8. Credit: NASA The next Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station set for liftoff Wednesday from Virginia’s Eastern Shore will introduce new capabilities for the commercial cargo freighter, including a longer operating life enabled…
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Photos: Antares reaches launch pad in Virginia for space station cargo mission
A two-stage Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out of its horizontal integration facility Monday for the mile-journey south to launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, where liftoff on a space station resupply mission is scheduled for Wednesday. Riding a self-propelled transporter/erector along a two-lane road, the Antares rocket completed the one-mile…
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Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia
File photo of a Minotaur 5 launch in 2013 from pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Northrop Grumman is gearing up for up to four launches this year at Wallops Island, Virginia, including two launches with Cygnus cargo ships heading to…
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NG-10 Cygnus tests new capabilities as part of post-ISS mission
As the NG-10 Cygnus sails through its post-ISS mission, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems continues showcasing the new capabilities of their cargo vessel, including a new CubeSat deployer for the SEOPS company and an – at the time of launch – unplanned use of Cygnus and its thrusters as part of a Missile Defense Agency test.…