Posts Tagged ‘ISS’
Wallops Launched Spacecraft Now Headed to the ISS
After 2 days of weather delays, the resupply mission to the International Space Station left the Wallops Flight Facility just after 4 this morning. The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and science to the International Space Station. Included in the 2300 pounds of science and research – a test of the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Delayed Again – ISS Resupply Launch from Wallops Postponed to Saturday AM
UPDATED 11-15-18 – Delayed again. The launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft is now targeted for 4:01am Saturday, NovEMBER 17, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. NASA TV will provide launch coverage with commentary online beginning at 3:30 a.m. ================================================= Thursday morning’s launch of the Antares rocket from the…
Read MoreHeaded to the International Space Station – from Virginia
7400 pounds of science, supplies and hardware is on its way to the International Space Station. An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies lifted off from the Wallops Flight Facility at 4:44 this morning. Cygnus will dock with the ISS Thursday morning and remain there until July 15.
Read MoreUPDATED: Resupply Mission Schedule to Launch Monday from Wallops
UPDATED: Liftoff of their Antares rocket is now scheduled for 4:39 a.m. on Monday, May 21. ============================ Wallops Flight Facility is looking towards Sunday morning for the launch of an Antares rocket – will carry Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft full of about 7,400 pounds of science and research to the International Space Station in…
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