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Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches ISS a day late after engine glitch
A supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown. Astronauts used the space station's robot arm to pluck Northrop Grumman's Cygnus capsule from orbit as they soared over Africa. The 5,000-kilogram shipment should have reached the space station Wednesday, three days after blasting off from Florida. But when the capsule tried to climb higher, its main engine shut down too soon. Engineers traced the problem to an overly conservative software setting. This is the first flight of the extra-large version of the Cygnus, which is packed with food, science experiments and equipment for the space station's toilet and other systems. NASA holds contracts with Northrop Grumman as well as SpaceX to keep the orbiting lab well stocked. Russia also sends supplies, and Japan is about to resume deliveries as well. Northrop Grumman named its latest capsule the S S Willie McCool after the pilot of the doomed 2003 flight of space
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ISS launch honors ''Hidden Figures'' mathematician Katherine Johnson
Northrop Grumman''s Cygnus capsule - dubbed the S.S. Katherine Johnson - should reach the International Space Station on Monday following its launch from Virginia''s eastern shore
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Northrop to buy Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion
The deal for Orbital expands Northrop's product line-up in areas such as rocket propulsion
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Northrop Grumman to buy missile maker Orbital for $7.8 bn
The acquisition comes ahead of a likely jump in demand from the planned upgrades of US ballistic systems
