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The debut mission of Northrop Grumman's new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn't go off without a hitch.The company's first "Cygnus XL" freighter suffered a thruster issue in orbit early Tuesday morning (Sept. 16), two days after launching…

One day after the arrival of a Russian cargo ship, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched an upgraded Northrop Grumman space freighter Sunday, putting the unpiloted spacecraft on course for capture by the International Space Station…

SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's new "Cygnus XL" cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday evening (Sept. 14).A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Cygnus freighter lifted off from Florida's Cape…