Yearly Archives: 2021

Northrop Grumman launches cargo ship toward space station

The Cygnus cargo ship orbited a Northrop Grumman Entrance rocket on Saturday after a picture-perfect launch off the east coast of Virginia, carrying more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and equipment for the International Space Station. The rocket’s two Russian-built RD-181 first-stage engines were ignited at 12:36 p.m., throttle to …

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