Pressurized Resupply Vessel #Cygnus n°18 just completed integration activities at @Thales_Alenia_S in #Turin and will soon reach @northropgrumman at @NASA_Wallops before being launched towards the @Space_Station. #spaceforlife 🚀🌌
Do we have any idea on date/time of launch yet?
NASA’s SpaceX CRS-25 Prelaunch News Conference [July 13, 8 pm EDT]
Northrop Grumman’s next resupply flight to the International Space Station has been delayed from mid-August to mid-October by supply chain issues, [Josh Dinman, a Northrop Grumman spokesperson] said Tuesday.[Dinman] said the NG-18 launch delay is “mainly due to supply chain issues.”The Cygnus spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module, built by Thales Alenia Space in Italy, has been delivered to the launch site at Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and processing of the Antares launch vehicle for the NG-18 mission continues at the launch site, Dinman said.The Cygnus service module is undergoing final testing at Northrop Grumman’s satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, according to Dinman.
the Northrop Grumman-18 (NG-18) Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission. The NG-18 VLEO mission is comprised of VSCP-1A (SeaLion from ODU & USCGA) and VSCP-1B (UtProSat-1 from VT), both of which are 3U cubesats to be deployed off the second stage of the Antares Launch Vehicle.
The BIRDS 5 Satellites: left to right, ZIMSAT-1, TAKA, and PEARLAFRICASAT-1. Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Project-5 (BIRDS-5 Project) is a constellation of two 1U CubeSats and one 2U CubeSat developed by Uganda, Zimbabwe and Japan, with Uganda and Zimbabwe launching their first satellite. The mission of BIRDS-5 is to perform multispectral observations of the Earth with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) camera equipped with a filter, and to demonstrate in-orbit of a high-energy electronic measuring instrument (PINO) that can be mounted in CubeSat size. Image Credit: Courtesy of Victor Mukungunugwahttps://images.nasa.gov/details-jsc2022e062019
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/Quote...NET Nov. 6 • Antares • NG-18Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...
...NET Nov. 6 • Antares • NG-18Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...
Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft no earlier than 5:50 a.m. EST (10:50 UTC), Nov. 6, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.Both U.S. and international media may apply for credentials to cover the pre-launch and launch activities at Wallops. The application deadline for media who are U.S. citizens is Friday, Oct. 28. International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. All media, as described in the NASA accreditation policy, must send their accreditation request to Keith Koehler at: [email protected]Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.
Sep 28, 2022MEDIA ADVISORY M22-138NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s Antares Cargo Resupply LaunchMedia accreditation is open for the launch of the next commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft no earlier than 5:50 a.m. EST, Nov. 6, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.Both U.S. and international media may apply for credentials to cover the pre-launch and launch activities at Wallops. The application deadline for media who are U.S. citizens is Friday, Oct. 28. International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. All media, as described in the NASA accreditation policy, must send their accreditation request to Keith Koehler at: [email protected]Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.Highlights of space station research facilitated by delivery aboard this Cygnus are:a facility and study that attempt to advance 3D biological printing of human tissue in spacea study taking advantage of microgravity to better understand catastrophic mudflows that can occur after wildfiresUganda and Zimbabwe’s first satellites developed as a part of the BIRDS program, an interdisciplinary project for non-space faring countriesan investigation into how microgravity influences ovary functionan experiment that studies if changes space-grown plants undergo to adapt to microgravity can be transmitted through seeds to the next generationCargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical scientific research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory in space. Learn more about Northrop Grumman’s commercial resupply missions at:https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman-end-
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is processed for flight at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on September 24. The spacecraft is scheduled for flight on the company’s Antares rocket no earlier than 5:50 a.m. EST, Nov. 6, 2022, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops.Credits: NASA
U.S./International Media: Apply to cover @NorthropGrumman’s Antares rocket and #Cygnus cargo launch Sunday, Nov. 6 from @NASA_Wallops. Aboard are experiments to study mudflows caused by wildfires, plant adaptation & Uganda and Zimbabwe's first satellite: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-antares-cargo-resupply-launch
