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September 30, 2020

Breaking News

[ September 28, 2020 ] First operational Crew Dragon launch slips to Halloween Falcon 9
[ September 28, 2020 ] NASA selects SpaceX to launch mission studying interstellar space Falcon 9
[ September 28, 2020 ] Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy launch scrubbed for second day in a row Delta 4
[ September 28, 2020 ] After weather scrub, Starlink launch to wait for pair of national security missions Delta 4
[ September 28, 2020 ] China launches environmental monitoring satellites Mission Reports

Cygnus departs space station, beginning extended experimental mission

May 11, 2020

A Cygnus supply ship built by Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Monday, beginning an extended mission in orbit to deploy a pair of CubeSats and perform a NASA-sponsored fire experiment.

Cygnus supply ship departs space station, begins extended mission

August 6, 2019

Wrapping up 109 days attached to the International Space Station, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship departed the orbiting research lab Tuesday to begin an extended four-month mission for additional technology demonstrations and smallsat deployments.

Cygnus supply ship departs space station for extended mission

February 8, 2019

A commercial Cygnus supply ship departed the International Space Station on Friday for an extended mission to deploy five nanosatellites and conduct other experiments before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up with more than two tons of trash.