Shooting Star is a 15-foot cargo module that attaches aft of the Dream Chaser. It will transport cargo to the ISS and then burn up on re-entry to the Earth, allowing it to be used for ISS trash disposal.
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Northrop Grumman debuts Antares 230+ launch vehicle on NG-12 mission
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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What's on board NG-12?
A day prior to the scheduled launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares 230+ rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, NASA presents a briefing on the various payloads traveling to the International Space Station.
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CRS-17 Delivery Returns Cargo Dragon to Station
SpaceX's CRS-17 launch marks two "returns" to the International Space Station: in general, the return of cargo dragon flights following the successful Crew Dragon demo in March 2019, and specifically, the re-use of the Dragon capsule from the CRS-12 mission, returning to station after its August 2017 mission.
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NG-11 Payload Preview: BioNutrients
Almost everyone know if you put yeast with the correct ingredients you can make bread, or wine or beer. Have you ever thought about making vitamins, or even medicine? This is the focus of the BioNutrients experiment, carried to the International Space Station aboard Cygnus during the NG-11 mission.
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Stunning, full color photo book covering every east coast launch spanning 2014-2015, including the first-ever powered landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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On November 12, 2019, the Cygnus lifted cargo to the ISS.
On October 17, 2019, the Pathfinder test article was lifted to vertical in the VAB.
