Dulles, Va. – Oct. 4, 2022
Cygnus: Out of this World Deliveries
To ensure critical cargo safely and reliably reaches the International Space Station (ISS), Northrop Grumman pioneered technologies for commercial resupply services and has been meeting NASA’s logistics needs for more than 10 years. Cygnus spacecraft have delivered more than 159,000 pounds of equipment, science experiments, and supplies to sustain the ISS astronauts under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS and CRS-2) contracts.
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Cygnus Design
Cygnus consists of a Service Module and a Pressurized Cargo Module that carries crew supplies, equipment and scientific experiments to destinations in low-Earth orbit. The Service Module incorporates advanced avionics developed by Northrop Grumman and guidance and navigation components that allow for fully autonomous rendezvous operations. The avionics design fully meets rigorous and exhaustive NASA safety requirements imposed on human-rated space vehicles.
