Cargo Loading For Orbital ATK’s CRS-9 Cygnus Spacecraft

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft was filled with late-load cargo on May 15, 2018, in preparation for the company’s CRS-9 resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus, dubbed the S.S. J.R. Thompson, is scheduled for launch aboard an Orbital ATK Antares rocket at 5:04 a.m. EDT on May 20 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

CRS-9 Late-Cargo Loading
Orbital ATK staff add late-load cargo to the company’s Cygnus spacecraft on May 15, 2018, for the CRS-9 resupply mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK
CRS-9 Late-Cargo Loading
Orbital ATK staff add late-load cargo to the company’s Cygnus spacecraft on May 15, 2018, for the CRS-9 resupply mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK
CRS-9 Late-Cargo Loading
Orbital ATK staff add late-load cargo to the company’s Cygnus spacecraft on May 15, 2018, for the CRS-9 resupply mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK

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