Northrop Grumman - Cygnus NG-15 Mission patch.
Feb. 20, 2021
Image above: The Cygnus cargo craft launches atop the Antares rocket on time from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Image Credit: NASA TV.
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off at 12:36 p.m. EST from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and is on its way to the International Space Station with approximately 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware.
NG-15 Antares 230+ launches S.S. Katherine Johnson Cygnus
Commands will be given at about 3:20 p.m. EST to deploy the spacecraft’s solar arrays, which is expected to be complete shortly before 4 p.m. Capture and installation is expected to take place Monday, Feb. 22, with grapple by the robotic arm expected at approximately 4:40 a.m. EST.
Related article:
New Research Launching to Space Station Aboard Northrop Grumman’s 15th Resupply Mission
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-research-launching-to-space-station.html
Related link:
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.
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