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Dulles, Va. – Feb. 8, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Cygnus spacecraft has departed from the International Space Station after an 81-day stay during the NG-10 mission. While docked, astronauts unloaded approximately...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Oct. 17, 2019 – The fourth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military communications satellite was successfully launched today aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. In support...

Dulles, Va. – Jan. 17, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a follow-on contract valued up to $86 million from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Launch Systems Enterprise, Small Launch and Targets Division...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Dec. 13, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) along with NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman’s...

MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 12, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced today that its Innovation Systems sector operations in Mesa completed the expansion of its Bushmaster® medium caliber cannon production facility. The new 36,000 square foot...

Launch operations at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility have taken on a higher tempo - of agility, innovation and speed - as the Antares team prepares the rocket to take on a new capability. Soon a specialized removable nose cone called a “pop-top” and a...

Six months after launch, NASA’s newest Mars explorer, InSight, made its dramatic entrance to the red planet on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 at 2:52 p.m. EST. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will...

With approximately 7,400 pounds of science experiments, tools and food, tightly packed inside, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft launched aboard the company’s Antares rocket and began its journey to the International Space Station on Saturday, Nov....

Dulles, Va. – Nov. 19 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)  today announced that the “S.S. John Young” Cygnus™ spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this...

Dulles, Va. – Nov. 17, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced it successfully launched its AntaresTM rocket carrying the “S.S. John Young” CygnusTM spacecraft today at 4:01 a.m. EST from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on...