What's On Board NG-16

Will Smoot

August 8, 2021

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Northrop Grumman NASA
August 8, 2021
Will Smoot

Ahead of the August 10th launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares Rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, NASA hosts a media briefing highlighting the science being carried aboard the S.S. Ellison Onizuka.

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Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft lift off from Launchpad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia on October 2, 2020. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

Cygnus 'Kalpana Chawla' launches from Virginia

NASA Northrop Grumman
October 3, 2020
Will Smoot

Northrop Grumman's fourteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission lifts off from Wallops Island, delivering close to 8,000 pounds of supplies, experiments and consumables to the International Space Station.

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Antares lifts off from Wallops Island on Saturday, February 15, 2020, carrying Cygnus NG-13 to the International Space Station, along with more than 3,500kg of supplies and scientific experiments. Photo credit: Contributor photo, no reuse permitted.

Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus NG-13 mission to the ISS

NASA
February 15, 2020
Jared Haworth

Overcoming wind & ground support equipment delays, Cygnus launches for the ISS on February 15, 2020.

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On a brilliantly blue morning in Virginia, the Cygnus cargo freighter begins its 2-day journey to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

Northrop Grumman debuts Antares 230+ launch vehicle on NG-12 mission

NASA Northrop Grumman
November 2, 2019
Will Smoot

The morning calm of Chincoteague Island and the surrounding Eastern Shore of Virginia was briefly interrupted by a powerful rocket launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on November 2, 2019. Correspondent Will Smoot provides a first-hand account of launch viewing from Tom's Cove.

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With seagrass waving in the shore breeze, Antares lifts off from Launchpad 0A at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

Northrop Grumman Launches Antares, Completes CRS-1 Contract with NG-11 Liftoff

NASA Northrop Grumman
April 20, 2019
Will Smoot

Northrop Grumman closes out their participation in the CRS-1 contract with a beautiful, mid-afternoon launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore.

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