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.
Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its ninth contracted mission to the International Space Station in a five-minute window beginning at 4:39 a.m. EDT, Monday, May 21 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Populations all along the U.S. east coast will have the chance to catch a glimpse of the Antares rocket as it blasts the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the way to orbit. Follow this launch blog for the latest mission status updates.
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Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its ninth contracted mission to the International Space Station in a five-minute window beginning at 4:39 a.m. EDT, Monday, May 21 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Live launch coverage will begin at 4 a.m. Eastern, Sunday, May 20. You can watch online:
www.nasa.gov/live
www.nasa.gov/nasatv
Live streams will also be shared on NASA’s Facebook page, by @NASA on Twitter and on YouTube (NASA Television.)
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.
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
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station following a successful launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Nov. 12, 2017, at 7:19 a.m. EST. Loaded with 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and research equipment, Cygnus is slated to arrive at the International Space Station on Nov. 14 at about 4:50 a.m. ET.
Both solar arrays aboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft have been deployed, as of 9:15 a.m. EST.
Orbital ATKs cargo spacecraft lifted off on the company’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at 7:19 a.m. EST on Nov. 12. A post-launch news conference is scheduled to begin on NASA TV at about 10:30 a.m. EST.
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off at 7:19 a.m. EST and is on its way to the International Space Station. About an hour and half after launch, commands will be given to deploy the spacecraft’s solar arrays.
Launch coverage will continue on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv until shortly after spacecraft separation and then resume for solar array deployment, which is expected to last about 30 minutes.
A post-launch news conference will follow and is scheduled to begin on NASA TV at approximately 10:30 a.m.
The cargo mission to the International Space Station is carrying about 7,400 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station’s Expeditions 53 and 54.
NASA Television commentary has begun. Watch live: http://www.nasa.gov/live.
Countdown is continuing for the Nov. 12 launch of the eighth Orbital ATK contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft is set to lift off on an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Weather is 95 percent favorable for the launch, which has a five-minute window opening at 7:14 a.m. EST.
The cargo mission to the International Space Station will carry about 7,400 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station’s Expeditions 53 and 54.
With about 90 minutes until the launch window opens at 7:14 a.m. EST Nov. 12, fueling of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket with liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene is underway at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Viriginia’s Eastern Shore. Current weather forecast for launch is 95 percent favorable.
Live video of the pad is available on Wallops’ Ustream. Launch commentary will begin at 6:45 a.m. on NASA TV.
On Nov. 12 Orbital ATK will launch its Cygnus spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket on a journey to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The five-minute launch window opens at 7:14 a.m. EST. Cygnus is carrying 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and scientific research equipment.
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