Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
On August 4, 2024, Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched its Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the NG-21 resupply mission. The spacecraft, named the S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, was carried into orbit by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]
NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S NG-21 MISSION SUCCESSFULLY RESUPPLIES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONRead More »
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration with the delivery of the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to NASA. This core stage, the largest component of the Artemis II mission, is set to send astronauts into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years. Constructed […]
L3Harris advanced imagers on board NOAA weather satellites are helping detect and track disasters that threaten lives and property. From heavy windstorms to atmospheric rivers to devastating tornadoes, severe weather events have already caused more than $7 billion in damage across the U.S. in the first half of 2024. L3Harris is delivering advanced technologies that […]
SUPPORTING THE MISSION FOR A MORE WEATHER-RESILIENT NATIONRead More »
After road transport from Airbus in Friedrichshafen to Bremen on 2 July, the Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the European spaceport in French Guiana. The container has been loaded today onto the iconic Canopée, the first sail-assisted cargo ship designed specifically to transport Ariane 6 rocket […]
AIRBUS BUILT, COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2C CLIMATE SATELLITE HEADING FOR LAUNCH SITERead More »
As NASA grapples with more spacesuit problems on the International Space Station, the company it selected to develop replacement suits says it is pulling back from that effort. In a statement to SpaceNews June 25, a spokesperson for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corp., said the company and NASA had agreed to “descope” work […]
COLLINS AEROSPACE PULLS BACK FROM NASA SPACESUIT CONTRACTRead More »
Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut renowned for capturing the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photograph, has tragically died in a plane crash at the age of 90. The small aircraft he was piloting crashed into the sea off the coast of Washington state. The accident occurred around 11:40 PDT, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board […]
NASA ‘EARTHRISE’ ASTRONAUT DIES AT 90 IN PLANE CRASHRead More »
