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DULLES, Va. – Aug. 11, 2022 – NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) officially marked the handover and commencement of operations of the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite. Landsat 9 was designed, built and tested by Northrop Grumman Corporation...

PROMONTORY, Utah – July 21, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – July 11, 2022 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), revealed its first image, marking a new era of astronomical discovery. “Some of the most innovative minds in...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – July 7, 2022 – (VIDEO RELEASE) First images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which was built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), will be revealed on July 12. Watch Northrop Grumman’s...

DULLES, Va. – June 27, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully boosted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). Docked to the ISS since February, Cygnus fired its main onboard engine to adjust the...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – April 13, 2022 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), is one step closer to being fully commissioned. Enabled by Northrop Grumman cryocooler technology, the system...

PROMONTORY, Utah – March 31, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman’s...

DULLES, Va. – Feb. 18, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is set to launch the company’s 17th resupply mission (NG-17) to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service-2 (CRS-2) contract. In addition to delivering...

KOUROU, French Guiana – Dec. 25, 2021 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), successfully launched today from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Dec. 2, 2021 – NASA awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a booster production and operations contract valued up to $3.19 billion to support the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket through 2031. The award includes...