The system, Cygnus X-3, was discovered in the early 1970s when radio telescopes spotted powerful jets radiating out from it at nearly the speed of light. The radio emission from these jets lasts ...

in order to direct the spacecraft how to orient itself. All that has to be done very precisely, Kearns said. Each TriDAR unit undergoes rigorous testing before being installed on the Cygnus ...

Anderson has redesigned the 1950s-era Cygnus carriage aboard the world-famous ... The British Pullman is the English train on the Orient Express route made famous by crime writer Agatha Christie ...

Video from the International Space Station showed that one of two solar arrays on the Cygnus spacecraft failed to unfold after its launch two days earlier. Credit: NASA TV Updated 6:15 p.m ...

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocked rises from its Virginia launch pad, sending a robotic Cygnus cargo ship into space. (NASA Photo / Audrey Gemignani) Update for 10 p.m. PT May 24: Astronauts used the ...

In a rare turn of events for what is usually such a reliable vehicle, NASA is currently assessing the condition of a Cygnus spacecraft that’s only managed to deploy one of its two solar arrays ...

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft successfully launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, but a little while later, NASA reported an issue with ...

The Northrop Grumman NG-17 Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station before its June 28 departure. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — A Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed the ...

Here’s how it works. A Cygnus cargo spacecraft left the International Space Station (ISS) today (July 15), nearly two months after it arrived with supplies and science gear for the station's six ...

If successful, Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft will become the second private robotic American cargo ship to dock with the orbiting laboratory. The first was the Dragon capsule, built by ...

Anderson has redesigned the 1950s-era Cygnus carriage aboard the world-famous ... The British Pullman is the English train on the Orient Express route made famous by crime writer Agatha Christie ...