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MEDIA ADVISORY M23-076
*NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman Cargo Launch to Space Station*
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company's Cygnus spacecraft
onboard, launched at 5:32 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, from the Mid
Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in
Virginia.
*/Credits: NASA/*
Media accreditation is open for launch of the next commercial resupply
services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and
equipment to the International Space Station.
NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting liftoff of the company’s Antares
rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, named the S.S. Laurel Clark [1], no earlier
than 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 1, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Spaceport’s Pad 0A at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Both U.S. and international media may apply for credentials to cover the
prelaunch and launch activities at Wallops. The application deadline for U.S.
citizens is 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 26. International media without U.S.
citizenship must apply by 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 18. Media must RSVP to Amy
accreditation policy [3] is available online.
The in-person, multi-day media event includes an opportunity to tour the
launch pad, capture video and photos using remote camera setups, and
experience the launch from a media viewing area.
Following launch, Cygnus will be grappled by the space station’s Canadarm2
no earlier than Friday, Aug. 4, and berthed to the Unity module’s
Earth-facing port for cargo unloading by the Expedition 69 crew.
Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in
the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical
sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.
Highlights of space station research [4] aboard this Cygnus are:
* The final iteration of a series of flammability experiments [5]
* A new potable water dispenser [6] that provides hot water and improved
sanitization
* Neural cells [7] that will be cultured into 3D cell models for gene
therapy testing
* A probe [8] that measures plasma contents of the upper atmosphere
* A memory card [9] that contains creative works from students around the
world
Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver
critical scientific research to the space station, significantly increasing
NASA's ability to conduct new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory
in space.
Learn more about NASA’s Northrop Grumman commercial resupply missions at:
*https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman [10]*
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*Press Contacts*
Lora Bleacher
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
Amy Barra
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
757-824-1579
Ellen Klicka / Kristi Davidson
Northrop Grumman (Cygnus / Antares)
703-402-4404 / 480-276-8464
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[3] https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-agencywide-media-accreditation-policy
[4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html
[5] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1925
[6] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=8014
[7] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8604
[8] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8162
[9] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7843
[10] https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman