Commercial Resupply Services
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Commercial Resupply Services are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station on commercially operated spacecraft.
A Space X Dragon cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft approaches the International Space Station
CRS-8 Dragon at ISS, 2016
Standard size Cygnus (first three flights)
Cygnus (spacecraft)
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Cygnus is an expendable American uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed for International Space Station resupply missions. It was originally built by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support f
Commercial Resupply Services
…phase of CRS contracts (CRS-1) were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve Dragon 1 and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The first operational resupply missions were flown by SpaceX in 2012 (CRS SpX-1) and Orbital in 2014 (CRS Orb-1…
Enhanced Cygnus spacecraft approaching the International Space Station for the NG-12 mission
Standard Cygnus
Enhanced Cygnus NG 16
Cygnus XL