News Archive / Tagged: Cygnus

• Final Antares 230+ rocket launches NG-19 Cygnus spacecraft

  Steve HammerAugust 2nd, 2023

  In near-perfect weather, the final Antares 230+ rocket took to the skies to send the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station.

• Northrop Grumman prepares the final Antares 230+ rocket

  Steve HammerJuly 31st, 2023

  Northrop Grumman is set to launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft atop what will be the final flight of the Antares 230+ rocket.

• Penultimate Antares 230+ rocket lofts Cygnus spacecraft to ISS

  Steve HammerNovember 7th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket disrupted a normally peaceful morning as it lifted off over the Atlantic from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, with the Cygnus NG-18 cargo mission to the International Space Station.

• NG-18 Cygnus cargo ship to launch new science to ISS

  Steve HammerNovember 5th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to fly the NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station from Wallops Island, Virginia.

• NG-17 Cygnus sending new science to International Space Station

  Theresa CrossFebruary 18th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to launch the NG-17 Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.

• Three companies selected to develop commercial space stations

  Theresa CrossDecember 6th, 2021

  Last week, NASA signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop private free-flying commercial space stations in low Earth orbit.

• GALLERY: Cygnus spacecraft soars spaceward toward the ISS

  Derek RichardsonAugust 12th, 2021

  On Aug. 10, 2021, Northrop Grumman launched its NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft atop the company’s Antares rocket into Virginia’s perfectly blue skies.

• NG-16 Cygnus arrives at International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 12th, 2021

  Two days after launching from Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month stay.

• Blue skies welcome NG-16 Cygnus cargo ship, now en route to ISS

  Theresa CrossAugust 10th, 2021

  Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station following a successful launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

• NG-16 Cygnus to launch supplies to International Space Station

  Theresa CrossAugust 9th, 2021

  Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to fly the 16th contracted Cygnus commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft departs space station

  Derek RichardsonJune 29th, 2021

  After four months at the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s NG-15 Cygnus cargo ship departed the outpost to begin a brief post-ISS mission.

• Spaceborne Computer-2 to speed “time-to-insight” for ISS studies

  Theresa CrossFebruary 26th, 2021

  Many different research investigations off Earth will be supported by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s pathfinding Spaceborne Computer-2, or SBC-2, to perform data processing and analytics.

• NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft brings supplies and experiments to ISS

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2021

  Northrop Grumman's NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station early Monday morning with thousands of kilograms of crew supplies and experiments for the seven-person Expedition 64 crew.

• NG-15 Cygnus takes aim on the ISS following successful launch

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 20th, 2021

  Northrop Grumman’s NG-15 Cygnus cargo freighter has been sent on its way to the International Space Station after soaring into orbit atop an Antares rocket.

• Northrop Grumman on track for launch of NG-15

  Sean CostelloFebruary 20th, 2021

  Blue skies and a positive forecast (holding at 75% favorable) greeted the NG-15 Antares launch vehicle this morning, as NASA and Northrop Grumman continue preparations for today’s launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.