Cygnus, unmanned resupply spacecraft, Northrop Space Systems, Dulles, Virginia, USA

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Manufacturer - Northrop Grumman Space Systems

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Orbital - Antares Cygnus ISS Resupply Mission

Published on Jul 27, 2012

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.

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Orb-2's Antares Rolls Out to Launch Pad (Time-Lapse)

Published on Jul 10, 2014

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.

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Antares Rocket explodes!

Published on Oct 28, 2014

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

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.

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Cygnus Cargo Supply Spacecraft Safely Reaches the ISS

Published on Mar 26, 2016

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.

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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches to the ISS

Published on Apr 18, 2017

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.

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U.S. commerical cargo ship departs the space station

Published on Jun 4, 2017

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.

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Blastoff! Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket launches Cygnus to Space Station

Published on Nov 17, 2018

Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket launched the Cygnus spacecraft full of cargo — and science equipment — to the International Space Station on Nov. 17, 2018.