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Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
Cygnus NG-21 is the tenth Cygnus mission under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. Production and integration of Cygnus spacecraft are performed in Dulles, Virginia. The Cygnus service module is mated with the pressurized cargo module at the launch site, and mission operations are conducted from control centers in Dulles, Virginia and ...
The four currently active space station cargo vehicles. Clockwise from top left: Progress, Cargo Dragon 2, Cygnus, Tianzhou. A number of different spacecraft have been used to carry cargo to and from space stations .
The Cygnus supply ship is making Northrop Grumman's 16th supply run to the space station. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
As hoped, the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft manufactured by Orbital Sciences successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday. Although the vessel had rendezvoused with the ISS ...
The ISS National Laboratory, created a three minute video to highlight the payloads being launched to ISS via the Cygnus NG-14 mission. [13] The Cygnus NG-14 spacecraft was the second heaviest cargo mission to date, loaded with 3,551 kg (7,829 lb) of research, hardware, and crew supplies: [14] [15] [16] Crew supplies: 850 kg (1,870 lb)
Cygnus NG-18 was the seventh Cygnus mission under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems confirmed on 23 February 2021 that Thales Alenia Space of Turin, Italy, will fabricate two additional Pressurized Cargo Modules (PCMs) for a pair of forthcoming Commercial Resupply Services-2 missions.
Cygnus OA-7 launched on 18 April 2017 at 15:11:26 UTC aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket. [13] The freighter rendezvoused and was berthed to the ISS on 22 April 2017, [7] where it remained for just under 43 days. NASA announced on 1 June 2017 its intention to unberth Cygnus a month ahead of schedule. [14]