Northrop Turns To SpaceX And Firefly For Help With Cygnus Missions

Irene Klotz August 15, 2022
The Antares 330
The Antares 330, the third version of Northrop’s medium-lift booster, features new first-stage engines manufactured by Firefly Aerospace.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket has not been a big player in the commercial launch industry, having won just one customer—NASA—but it has proved to be resilient. Falcon 9 to the rescue New medium-lift launcher planned The two-stage, medium-lift, expendable launch system, originally developed by...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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