“The operations team will continue to evaluate an earlier solar array deployment issue ... Shortly after the update, both NASA and Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for JPSS-2, issued ...

Video from the International Space Station showed that one of two solar ... array did not deploy as planned,” NASA stated. In a statement late Nov. 9, Northrop Grumman blamed the failed ...

After launching earlier today, Nov. 7, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft has successfully deployed one of its two solar arrays. Northrop Grumman is gathering data on the second array ...

NASA announced the solar array glitch in a short statement on Monday, saying Northrop Grumman was gathering data on the second array deployment and working closely with the space agency to ...

Scientists and engineers from the space agency and its mission contractors, including spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin and solar array designer Northrop Grumman, huddled within hours of the launch.

The space exploration company used a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the Cygnus spacecraft made by Northrop Grumman -- best ... "Next up is solar array deployment, expected in about three hours.

Airbus Defence and Space has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the design, development and production of 24 ship sets of solar arrays for its OneSat satellite product line. The solar arrays are ...

The absence of sliding parts in the solar array also decreases the likelihood of anything failing during deployment ... such as the AstroMesh from Northrop Grumman." The team believes that ...

Built by Lockheed Martin Space, Lucy will be operating farther from the sun than any other solar-powered spacecraft before it, and its two Northrop Grumman-built arrays, designed to unfold 360 ...

Update for 8 p.m. EST on Nov. 8: Cygnus' handlers were unable to deploy its second solar array but say the freighter ... meetup even if a fix isn't found. "Northrop Grumman has reported to NASA ...