Earth and Space Science A-Z
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched, carried by the Space Shuttle Columbia from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. About a month later, on Aug. 26, 1999, the first powerful images from Chandra were provided to the public.
MoreEarth Observing System – Aqua
The Aqua Earth Observing System satellite is helping us better understand the causes and effects of global change.
MoreEarth Observing System – Aura
An Earth Observing System satellite that will help clear the air of guesswork.
MoreHigh Efficiency Cryocoolers
Northrop Grumman has an extensive and highly successful history providing cryocoolers for Space and Tactical missions requiring high performance, low mass, high reliability, and low system level cost.
MoreHyperspectral Airborne Terrestrial Imager (HATI)
With Northrop Grumman's latest hyperspectral instrument, the Hyperspectral Airborne Terrestrial Imager (HATI), high resolution images of the full solar spectrum reflected from any environmental scene can be captured.
MoreHyperspectral Imaging
Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art Hyperspectral Imaging Systems operate across up to 220 wavelengths to paint precise portraits of this hidden world.
MoreJames Webb Space Telescope
Meet the JWST Engineers at Northrop Grumman The Northrop Grumman engineers behind the James Web Space Telescope have no easy task. It has taken one hundreds million hours of people’s lives to build JWST, the largest, most complex and power space telescope ever built. Hear from the engineers who take…
MoreJWST – Technical Details
Key Features Customer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Launch Vehicle Ariane 5 Instruments Near-Infrared Camera: University of Arizona Near-Infrared Spectrograph: European Space Agency (ESA) Mid-Infrared Instrument: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), ESA Fine Guidance Sensor with Tunable Filter Module: Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Technical Characteristics Mission Lifetime 5 years (10-year…
MoreLunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
NASA's next mission to the moon won't involve astronauts or merely orbit its surface. Prior to a human return to the moon, a mission is underway to build a satellite that will impact one of the moon's polar regions to search for water ice beneath its permanently-shadowed craters.
MoreScience and Environment Satellites
Northrop Grumman is one of the industry's leading providers of science and environment satellites used to conduct astrophysics, Earth science/remote sensing, heliophysics, planetary exploration and technology demonstration missions. Our extensive and flight-proven line of small- and medium-class spacecraft platforms allows customers to select the right solution for their mission requirements…
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