The next Cygnus launch aboard our Antares rocket is scheduled for February 20, 2021.
NASA Commercial Resupply Mission Update
NASA Commercial Resupply Missions
Humans living in space seems impossible. Until it’s not.
Latest Missions
Cygnus
The Cygnus system is a flight proven design incorporating elements drawn from Northrop Grumman and its partners’ existing, flight-proven spacecraft technologies. Cygnus consists of a service module and a pressurized cargo module. The Cygnus spacecraft is used to carry crew supplies, spare equipment and scientific experiments to the space station.
Antares
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket is a two-stage vehicle with optional third stage that provides low-Earth orbit launch capability for payloads weighing up to 8,000 kg. Today the rocket is primarily used to support the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.


