Northrop Grumman conducted the first test firing of its Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) five-segment solid rocket motor at its Promontory production and test site in Utah. The Development Motor 1 (DM-1) fired Thursday, June 26, at 12:25 PM MDT (18:25 UTC) and lasted for close to two minutes and 20 seconds, burning over 1.4 million pounds of propellant.
Recent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and…
As the Cygnus S.S. Laurel Clark spends its first days berthed to the ISS, the…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, and Northrop Grumman have completed the final…
As the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket prepares for its first flight as soon as…
On 7 May 1992, Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on her first voyage at 23:40…
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, less…
At 18:17 UTC on January 8, 2022, the joint NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and…
On August 10, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from Pad-0A…
After a 36 hour phasing profile, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka cargo ship, part of Northrop…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and booster element prime contractor Northrop Grumman are developing…
Ten years ago, on 8 July 2011, two, four-segment Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) came to…
Northrop Grumman launched three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on the…
Since Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars on November 14, 1971, NASA has been continuously…
With the successful docking of Mission Extension Vehicle 2, or MEV-2, to the Intelsat 10-02…
Northrop Grumman kicked off their 2021 launch manifest with the flight of an Antares rocket…
In an interview with NASASpaceflight, Northrop Grumman’s Sally Richardson, Program Director, Human Landing System, provided…
Northrop Grumman’s Propulsion Systems Division has completed the first of a series of Flight Support…
The first GEM-63XL motor for the ULA Vulcan Centaur’s strap-on boosters was successfully test-fired for…
With the first two major elements of NASA’s Lunar Gateway under contract and development, Northrop…
