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  • Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission

    Northrop Grumman on Saturday launched the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to deliver 7,400 pounds of NASA‘s scientific equipment and crew supplies to the  International Space Station. The company said Saturday its vehicle, nicknamed S.S. John Young, lifted off at 4:01 a.m. Eastern time from the Wallops Flight Facility’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A  in Virginia aboard the medium-class Antares rocket. […] More

  • Northrop Targets Nov. 16 Launch for 10th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Targets Nov. 16 Launch for 10th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman intends to launch on Friday, Nov. 16 its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver approximately 7.4K pounds of scientific equipment and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The scheduled liftoff of Cygnus from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia atop Northrop’s Antares rocket will mark the company’s 10th cargo resupply mission to ISS, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

  • Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is now positioned at the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a scheduled launch Thursday, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The launch vehicle will carry the company’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station for a resupply mission. Cygnus will deliver food supplies, crew provisions and multiple payloads to […] More

  • Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman plans to launch no earlier than Nov. 15 its Cygnus spacecraft to bring scientific experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. Cygnus will take off aboard Northrop’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of the company’s 10th cargo resupply services mission, the space agency said Thursday. Some of […] More

  • Rocket Lab Eyes U.S. Spaceports for Second Launch Site; Peter Beck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Lab Eyes U.S. Spaceports for Second Launch Site; Peter Beck Comments

    Rocket Lab has shortlisted Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, Wallops Flight Facility and Cape Canaveral for its second launch site. The company said Tuesday it plans to select by August 2018 the location of the future Launch Complex 2, which will expand its Electron rocket production and customer access to orbit. Peter Beck, founder and chief executive […] More

  • NASA Taps Alutiiq to Provide Security Services Under $76M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Alutiiq to Provide Security Services Under $76M Contract

    Alaska-based Alutiiq‘s Advance Security Solutions business has received a potential $75.9 million contract to provide physical security services for multiple NASA sites. The company will work to secure Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Wallops Flight Facility and the Independent Verification and Validation Facility, the space agency said Wednesday. The contract has a base of $18.1 million, with $15 million covering the […] More

  • Orbital ATK Sets May 20 for 9th ISS Resupply Mission Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Sets May 20 for 9th ISS Resupply Mission Launch

    Orbital ATK has set May 20 as target date to launch its ninth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The space agency said Monday Orbital ATK moved Cygnus from a payload processing facility to a spacecraft fueling facility Monday at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. After […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Support NASA's Test for a Future Mars Missions Parachute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Support NASA’s Test for a Future Mars Missions Parachute

    NASA will test a supersonic parachute system for potential use in future Mars missions through the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket supported by Orbital ATK under a contract from the space agency’s Heliophysics Division. Orbital ATK has received the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations contract and will provide mission planning, engineering and field operations services […] More

  • Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Completes 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Completes 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Monday at 7:54 a.m. Eastern time after it delivered approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station and completed secondary space missions. The re-entry of the spacecraft, also known as S. S. Gene Cernan, marked the conclusion of Orbital ATK’s eighth ISS cargo supply mission under its Commercial Resupply […] More

  • Orbital ATK's OA-8 Cargo Resupply Spacecraft Arrives at Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s OA-8 Cargo Resupply Spacecraft Arrives at Space Station

    An Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft reached the International Space Station Tuesday to unload 7,400 pounds of cargo, supplies and scientific experiments. The OA-8 cargo delivery vehicle, nicknamed S.S. Gene Cernan, is the eighth spacecraft to deliver cargo to ISS as part of Orbital ATK’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, the company said Tuesday. The spacecraft was […] More

  • NASA Evaluates SpaceX's Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Evaluates SpaceX’s Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission

    NASA will evaluate SpaceX‘s potential reuse of a previously-deployed first stage launch vehicle on a future mission to the International Space Station, Space News reported Saturday. Dan Hartman, ISS deputy program manager, said during a press conference at the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility that the agency currently performs a review on the Falcon 9‘s use […] More