NG-21 was the twenty-first flight of the Cygnus, an expendable American cargo spacecraft used for International Space Station logistics missions, that launched on 4 August 2024 and was deorbited on 30
S.S. Francis R. "Dick" Scobee (NG-21) spacecraft approaches the ISS
The pressurized cargo module is lifted and moved by a crane inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 1 June 2024.
S.S. Francis R. "Dick" Scobee (NG-21) spacecraft is seen being encapsulated inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing as it prepares to launch
Falcon 9 lifts off carrying NG-21 to the ISS
NG-17, previously known as OA-17, was the seventeenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixteenth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial
Cygnus NG-21
…mi). These periodic "reboosts" counteract atmospheric drag on the station. The Cygnus has been available to do reboosts on an as-needed basis since the NG-17 mission, after being successfully demonstrated on flight OA-9E. Russia's Progress cargo spacecraft also regularly perform reboosts during missions to…
S.S. Piers Sellers after arrival at the ISS
ISS 45 Cygnus 5 approaching the ISS crop
Progress HTV Dragon ATV Cyngus Cygnus extended Collage