Events for September 2025 – SpacePolicyOnline.com

Northrop Grumman’s 22rd cargo mission to the International Space Station, NG-23, is scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL on September 14, 2025 at 6:11 pm ET. (This is the twenty second mission moderately than the twenty third as a result of the NG-22 capsule was broken throughout transport to the launch web site in order that they skipped that one.)

This is the primary launch of the XL model of Cygnus with 1,250 kilograms (33 percent) more payload capacity, bringing the brand new whole to five,000 kg.

Northrop Grumman names the Cygnus capsules after people who made substantinal contributions to human spaceflight. NG-23 is known as for William “Willie” McCool who perished within the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy.

Northrop Grumman often launches the Cygnus spacecraft from its personal launch amenities at Wallops Island, VA, on its Antares rocket, however is ready for a brand new U.S. model of Antares to be developed (by Firefly and NG) to switch the sooner model that used Russian and Ukrainian {hardware}.  Until then it’s buying launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

Launches from Wallops on the brand new rocket are anticipated to renew in early 2026.