Cygnus brings supplies, experiments, and new capabilities to the ISS

Jared Haworth

February 25, 2022

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Northrop Grumman
February 25, 2022
Jared Haworth

Northrop Grumman's NG-17 Cygnus launch delivers 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo 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

Northrop Grumman NASA
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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A sample ThinSat from Twiggs Space Lab. The green portion at the bottom is common to all the ThinSats, while the blue upper portion is used for student-designed experiments. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

What's On Board NG-11?

Northrop Grumman
April 17, 2019
Will Smoot

NG-11 is Northrop Grumman's last Cargo Resupply Mission . . . of the first series that is. So that makes NG-11 the end that is in the middle. The Antares rocket slated for NG-12 is already in the HIF (Horizontal Integration Facility) and mission components are being finalized for the next launch in October.

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Liftoff of the Antares 230 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Cargo Freighter to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

Rocket Recap: Cygnus NG-10 Reaches the ISS

NASA Northrop Grumman
November 26, 2018
Jared Haworth

One week ago (November 19, 2018) Northrop Grumman's Cygnus pressurized cargo freighter arrived at and berthed with the International Space Station. The rocket had launched two days prior, on November 17, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.  This was the ninth launch of Antares from Virginia, and the first overseen by the new Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, a division formed by NG's acquisition of Orbital ATK earlier this year.

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