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Northrop Grumman in Huntsville, Alabama
Northrop Grumman in Arizona
Situated in the innovation and technology hub of the Southwest, Northrop Grumman Arizona employees are pushing the boundaries of space exploration, launch systems and missile defense. […]
Northrop Grumman in Northern Virginia
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Space
We provide end-to-end space capabilities for a broad range of customers like NASA, the Department of Defense (DoD), US Air Force, US Space Force and a variety of commercial entities. Northrop Grumman will win the future of space. […]
Advanced Technology and Innovation
The result of constantly questioning and problem solving? A shared purpose that puts Northrop Grumman on the forefront of innovation and advanced technology development, everywhere from below the waves to above the atmosphere. […]
James Webb Space Telescope
As the prime contractor, Northrop Grumman led the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. […]
Commercial Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s space station concept provides the foundation for a new economy in space. […]
Careers in Digital Engineering
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NASA’s Artemis Program
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James Webb Space Telescope: How Northrop Grumman Prepared the Webb Sunshield to Unfold Flawlessly in Space
How do you unfold a five-layer sunshield the size of a tennis court orbiting in space from the ground? With practice. A lot of practice. […]
Cryocoolers
Capabilities Refrigeration Capacity: 2W @ 45 K 8W @ 77 K 23W @ 150 K Compressor Input Power: Up to 180 W Reliability: >90% at 87,600 hours (10 years) Environment: -40 C to -70 C Exported Vibration: < 50 mN Drive Axis < 200 mN Pulse Tube Axis Mass (single stage): < 4.5 kg Mass […]
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Civil and Commercial Space
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Game Changer Part III: Triumph
In the Spring of 2018, questions from the media, Congress and the science community swirled around NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program. The headlines weren’t kind. […]
Cosmic Game Changer: Northrop Grumman and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
The story of how NASA, together with an industry team led by Northrop Grumman, achieved the unprecedented: a tool for exploration of the deepest mysteries of our existence. […]
Game Changer Part II: Northrop Grumman and the James Webb Space Telescope’s Confounding Sunshield
From day one, everyone involved in the program knew that when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived on orbit it would change humanity’s understanding of our cosmic origins. If it worked… […]
Space at Southampton Conference
On 28 September, join us at Southampton University to hear how researchers are helping to reach space, explore space and change the world with satellite data. Employees from Northrop Grumman will also be speaking on the conference programme. Northrop Grumman is proud to work with Southampton University and fund a number of its research projects. […]
Technical Details for the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is peering into the past to unlock the mysteries of our universe. Learn about the technical details of this ambitious mission. […]
The Coolest Technology: Cryocoolers
Cryocoolers are machines that keep sensors extremely cold so that satellites and space telescopes can take pictures on long-term missions. Whether we’re looking back toward Earth or outward into deep space, the sensors that capture images require extremely low temperatures. […]
DAWN Spacecraft: Uncovering the Relics of the Early Solar System
NASA’s DAWN spacecraft, designed and built by Northrop Grumman, captured over 100,000 images of the two different proto-planets, allowing scientists to catalog their previously unknown history. […]
Navigating the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The team behind Northrop Grumman’s Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit navigation system is working to make sure the Roman Space Telescope can stabilize and point in the right direction, even when it’s extremely far from home for many years. […]
Water on Mars
Water on Mars? Thanks to innovative space deployable structures made by Astro Aerospace, we are learning more about the Red Planet every day. […]
The Sound of Future Applications for Field-Induced Forces
A field-induced force is what the name implies: a wave creates a force that moves an object without touching it. Using frequencies beyond what humans can hear, the Northrop Grumman team creates can move tiny particles using sound. […]
Why the Webb Spacecraft Bus Is in a League of Its Own
While the payload of a space launch garners the most attention, it’s the spacecraft bus that carries and supports every aspect of the mission for the life of that craft. […]
SLS FSB-1 Mission Page
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Spacecraft Design: The Art and Science of Breaking Barriers
Iterative systems engineering produces barrier-breaking spacecraft design. But what does this look like in practice? How do engineering teams combine the science of spaceflight with the art of design to help customers break barriers — and balance budgets? […]