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Cygnus on Wikipedia
Manufacturer - Northrop Grumman Space Systems
northropgrumman.com/space/cygnus-spacecraft
Cygnus on Wikipedia
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Orbital - Antares Cygnus ISS Resupply Mission
Published on Jul 27, 2012
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Representation of a typical mission to provide commercial cargo logistics service to the International Space Station using Orbital's new Antares rocket and Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft.
https://youtu.be/woYN6t0AQsY
Orb-2's Antares Rolls Out to Launch Pad (Time-Lapse)
Published on Jul 10, 2014
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This time-lapse video shows the roll out of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft aboard, from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The roughly half-mile roll out began shortly after 4 a.m. on July 10, 2014. Arrival at the pad was about an hour later.
The launch to the International Space Station in scheduled for 1:14 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 12.
Cygnus is filled with about 3,300 pounds of supplies for the station, including science experiments to expand the research capability of the Expedition 40 crew, crew provisions, spare parts and experiment hardware.
https://youtu.be/jHMmMgdcOSU
Antares Rocket explodes!
Published on Oct 28, 2014
https://youtu.be/aL5eddt-iAoQuote:
I was recording the live NASA feed when it happened.
Antares Fails to Reach Orbit with Cygnus CRS-3 after Rocket Explodes
Published on Oct 28, 2014
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At T-6 seconds the second first stage engine failed before falling back onto the launch pad, there are no causalities known at the time of writing this.
The very first Antares 130 rocket, with an upgraded upper stage, was due to launch for the first time from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia today, October 28th 2014 at 22:22 UTC. The rocket was carrying the Cygnus CRS-3 unmanned spacecraft due to go into orbit carrying 2,215 kg of cargo for the 6 crew members of Expedition 41 currently onboard the International Space Station.
https://youtu.be/MIkOwaxkZbc
Cygnus Cargo Supply Spacecraft Safely Reaches the ISS
Published on Mar 26, 2016
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The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft that launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida March 22 arrived at the International Space Station March 26 carrying almost 7,500 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments for the six crew members aboard the orbital outpost.
https://youtu.be/7I78wLrWBmA
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches to the ISS
Published on Apr 18, 2017
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On April 18, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo space craft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket, on Orbital ATK’s seventh resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus is packed with 7,600 pounds of supplies and research for the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory.
https://youtu.be/HoQPitS3lq4
U.S. commerical cargo ship departs the space station
Published on Jun 4, 2017
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The Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo ship was released from the International Space Station June 4, following a 44-day stay at the complex in which approximately 7,600 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments were delivered to the station’s residents. NASA Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson were at the controls of the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release Cygnus after it was unbolted from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. Dubbed the “SS John Glenn” after the iconic Mercury and shuttle astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio, Cygnus will remain in orbit for a week in support of the SAFFIRE experiment and the deployment of four small Nanoracks satellites before Orbital ATK flight controllers send commands June 11 to deorbit the spacecraft for its reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up over the Pacific Ocean.
https://youtu.be/lQuEVfYK-t4
Blastoff! Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket launches Cygnus to Space Station
Published on Nov 17, 2018
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Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket launched the Cygnus spacecraft full of cargo — and science equipment — to the International Space Station on Nov. 17, 2018.
https://youtu.be/AlA-uEOUjW8
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Spacecraft - Cislunar Space Habitation
Published on Mar 5, 2019
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Northrop Grumman's vision for the next step toward human space missions to Mars employs our flight-proven Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft as a human habitat in cislunar space, the region between the Moon and Earth. In the early 2020s we would launch the initial habitat on NASA’s SLS rocket. Featuring a modular design, the habitat would serve both as a destination for crewed missions and as an unmanned testbed to prove-out the technologies needed for long-duration human space missions. The habitat is also envisioned as a base for lunar missions by international partners or commercial ventures. With additional habitation and propulsion modules, the habitat could be outfitted for a Mars pathfinder mission.
https://youtu.be/LNCJmOKH-n0
NG-11: Antares 230 launches S.S. Roger Chaffee Cygnus
Published on Apr 17, 2019
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A Northrop Grumman Antares 230 rocket launched the CRS-11 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the S.S. Roger Chaffee, from MARS Pad 0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on 17 April 2019, at 20:46 UTC (16:46 EDT). For the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) NG-11 mission, Cygnus delivers about 3450 kilograms (7600 pounds) of cargo to the International Space Station and is scheduled to arrive on 19 April 2019, at 09:30 UTC (05:30 EDT). The NG-11 Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft is named in honor of the American astronaut Roger Chaffe, the pilot of the Apollo 1 spacecraft, the first manned mission of the Apollo program.
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Northrop Grumman/NASA/Bill Ingalls