Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
CRS NG-18
Cygnus NG-18 (Northrop Grumman-18) is a cargo resupply mission of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA.
Northrop Grumman and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo ship consists of two parts, a service module built in the USA based on the GEOStar platform, and a pressurized module, manufactured in France and Italy by Thales Alenia. The cargo is sent into orbit by a launcher specially developed for this purpose.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,707.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LP-0A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Stats
2022
154th orbital launch attempt
Antares
17th mission
2nd mission of 2022
16th successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission