Northrop Grumman - Cygnus CRS-16 Mission patch.
August 10, 2021
The following NASA photographs show the launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket carrying the S.S.Ellison Onizuka Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which lifted off at 6:01 p.m. EDT from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Space Port Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Jamie Adkins.
Cygnus is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS).
Image above: A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen in the vertical launch position on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Image Credits: NASA/Terry Zaperach.
Northrop Grumman’s 16th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-16 Cygnus spacecraft is named in honor of American astronaut Ellison Onizuka, who was the first Asian American to fly in space.
NG-16 Antares launches S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus
Video above: The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad 0A, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Video Credits: NASA TV/SciNews.
Related links:
Northrop Grumman: https://www.northropgrumman.com/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Madison Arnold.
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