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Franklin Township, NJ
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NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NJ
A NASA rocket set to launch early Monday, Nov. 7 will be visible along the East Coast. The Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft had initially been set to launch Sunday, Nov. 6, but were postponed due to a fire alarm at Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft control center in Dulles, VA. Monday's launch is set for 5:27 a.m., EST. A color-coded map from NASA shows where the rocket will be most visible (see above). It will be visible from anywhere between 30 seconds to nearly two minutes. According to the NASA website, the Cygnus is loaded with more than…
Massapequa, NY
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Grumman Agrees To Pay US $35 Million For Cleanup Costs At NY Site
Northrop Grumman has agreed to pay $35 million to the United States for environmental cleanup costs related to a former plant on Long Island. The payment resolves a civil lawsuit brought by the US against the aerospace and defense technology company, according to an announcement on Tuesday, April 12, from Breon Peace, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “This settlement compensates the United States for some of the enormous costs it has expended in connection with the cleanup of the former Naval Weapon Industrial Reserve Plant in Bethpage,” Peace said. “The go…
Bristol, PA
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NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Could Be Visible From PA, NJ
An upcoming rocket launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility may be visible across the region. The launch is scheduled for 5:56 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Weather-permitting, the launch may be visible across much of Greater Philly and North and Central Jersey 90-120 seconds after launch. Residents in South Jersey and the southeastern most part of Pennsylvania could see the rocket between 60 and 90 seconds after launch. This will be Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Spac…
Massapequa, NY
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Cuomo Announces Record Deal To Clean Up Long Island Aquifer After 10 Year Fight
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have reached a record-setting agreement to cleanup a Long Island aquifer that has been a point of contention with the state for decades. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared “the end of a Long Island 10-year fight” on Monday, Dec. 21, announcing that the two have reached a $406 million plan to stop and remove Grumman’s groundwater pollutants that has been spreading in Bethpage for years. “My DEC and our whole team here knew that there was a pollution plume left by Grumman with toxic chemicals in the aquifer,” he said. “It was left during the manufacturing e…
