Cygnus Spacecraft for CRS-9 Rolls to Fueling Facility

At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft was moved from payload processing to spacecraft fueling early on the morning of April 30.

The Cygnus for the CRS-9 mission — Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station — is scheduled to launch aboard the company’s Antares rocket no earlier than 5:04 a.m. EDT May 20.

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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft for the CRS-9 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is moved from a payload processing facility to a fueling facility on April 30 at NASA Wallops in Virginia. Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Kyle Hoppes
enclosed Cygnus spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA Wallops
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Kyle Hoppes
enclosed Cygnus spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA Wallops
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Kyle Hoppes
enclosed Cygnus spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA Wallops
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Kyle Hoppes

Launch will be from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA Wallops.

Cargo resupply by U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA’s ability to conduct new science investigations in the world’s only microgravity laboratory.

More information about Orbital ATK’s cargo resupply work with NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/orbitalatk