News Archive / Tagged: Antares

• GALLERY: Alan Bean makes art – one more time

  Jason RhianNovember 2nd, 2019

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket successfully launched the "Alan Bean" Cygnus spacecraft at 9:59 a.m. EST (13:59 GMT) on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. The NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft and the 8,200 pounds (3,719 kg) worth of crew supplies, cargo, experiments and hardware was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A in Virginia.

• Northrop Grumman’s NG 12 paints the sky in honor of an American legend

  Patrick AttwellNovember 2nd, 2019

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. – NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program continues to send payloads arcing across the sky. Today Northrop Grumman did it again, this one's orbital trajectory was marked - with a paintbrush.

• Northrop Grumman NG-12 launch could be visible four states away

  Jason RhianNovember 1st, 2019

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Whenever a rocket lifts off it's a pretty dramatic event. The scheduled launch of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket should be no exception. A NASA map suggests that the NG-12 flight could be visible from up to four states away.

• Notes on the Run: What is it like to see a rocket launch?

  Jason RhianDecember 15th, 2018

  One of the questions I'm often asked is “What’s it like attending a rocket launch?” Perhaps the best way to answer the question is by detailing some of our recent experiences during the launch of Northrop Grumman's S.S. John Young to the International Space Station.

• Gallery: Antares lights up Virginia skies with Cygnus flight to space station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 18th, 2018

  In the dark of night, an Antares rocket launched from Virginia to send the Cygnus cargo ship to orbit to resupply the International Space Station.

• Forever Young: NG-10 Cygnus departs Earth, bound for the International Space Station

  Michael ColeNovember 17th, 2018

  The skies of the U.S. East Coast were lit up as an Antares rocket with the NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft tore brightly and loudly like a torch into the heavens.

• How does Northrop Grumman secure Antares during powerful storms?

  Jason RhianNovember 15th, 2018

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A powerful "Nor'easter" storm that is hanging off the Atlantic Coast has caused mission managers to push back the flight an additional day. What does Northrop Grumman have in place to handle turbulent weather such as this one?

• UPDATE: Northrop Grumman preps S.S. John Young for flight to ISS

  Michael ColeNovember 14th, 2018

  The next Cygnus spacecraft is set to launch from Virginia with supplies, experiments and equipment bound for the space station's Expedition 57 crew.

• GALLERY: Orbital ATK Antares rocket launches OA-9 Cygnus spacecraft

  Jason RhianMay 23rd, 2018

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — Launching into the early-morning skies from the central part of the U.S. East Coast, Orbital ATK's Antares rocket orbited the company's OA-9 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.

• Insider Exclusive: America’s ‘Booster Belt’ – Part One

  Jason RhianNovember 20th, 2017

  IUKA, Miss. -- We only knew that we were traveling to see where rocket components and rockets were made - and little else. SpaceFlight Insider photographer, Vikash Mahadeo, who accompanied me on our week-long foray to several rocket manufacturing facilities along with myself were as prepared as we could be - but we had no idea what to expect. What followed was an experience that would redefine the way we looked at space flight.

• SFI LIVE: Orbital ATK Antares with OA-8 Cygnus

  Jason RhianNovember 11th, 2017

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., -- NASA and Orbital ATK are planning to launch the S.S. Gene Cernan, OA-8 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station atop an Antares 230 rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A sometime in a five minute long launch window that opens at 7:37 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 11. SpaceFlight Insider's exclusive Live Show will begin at 7 a.m. EST.

• Astronomers create best ever image of star outside our Solar System

  Laurel KornfeldAugust 27th, 2017

  A map of activity on the surface and in the atmosphere of the star Antares by a team of astronomers is considered to be the most detailed ever created for a star other than the Sun. The red supergiant is located some 550 light-years distant in the constellation Scorpius and is in its final stages of its existence. It will eventually die in a supernova explosion.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Remembering

  Jason RhianOctober 30th, 2016

  ABOVE PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — It was a trip meant to last about four days. When all was said and done, nine had elapsed. As most of us are aware, travel in the post-9-11 world is not what one would describe as “fun", and covering the return-to-flight of Antares had been an interesting challenge.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Waiting

  Jason RhianOctober 25th, 2016

  CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The sleepy seaside village of Chincoteague only has a population of about 3,000 and is generally a quiet restful place best known for the wild ponies who reside in the wetlands surrounding NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The island’s peaceful nature has been interrupted over the course of the past three years with some fairly dramatic activity.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Infinite Blue

  Jason RhianOctober 24th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — On Monday, Oct. 10, as I sit at Orlando International Airport, I was left wondering which gods I had offended. This was one of only a handful of trips SpaceFlight Insider had opted to undertake in 2016, and it was off to a less than auspicious start.