Media accreditation is open for the following release to ship NASA science investigations, provides, and kit to the World House Station. This release is the twentieth Northrop Grumman business resupply services and products venture to the orbital laboratory for the company.
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are focused on no previous than Monday, Jan. 29, for a Falcon 9 rocket to release the Cygnus spacecraft from House Release Advanced 40 at Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Florida.
Following release, the gap station’s Canadarm2 will grapple Cygnus no previous than Wednesday, Jan. 31, and the spacecraft will connect to the Team spirit module’s Earth-facing port for shipment unloading through the Expedition 70 team.
U.S. media might follow for credentials to hide the prelaunch and release actions. The applying time limit for U.S. electorate is 11:59 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12. All accreditation requests will have to be submitted on-line at:
Credentialed media will obtain a affirmation e-mail upon approval. NASA’s media accreditation coverage is to be had on-line. For questions on accreditation, or to request particular logistical reinforce, e-mail: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. For different questions, please touch NASA’s Kennedy House Heart newsroom at: 321-867-2468.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitor entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov o messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.
Every resupply venture to the station delivers clinical investigations within the spaces of biology and biotechnology, Earth and house science, bodily sciences, and generation construction and demonstrations. Shipment resupply from U.S. corporations guarantees a countrywide capacity to ship clinical analysis to the gap station, considerably expanding NASA’s skill to habits new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory in house.
Cygnus additionally will ship meals, provides, and kit to the team. Analysis aboard this venture contains the primary surgical robotic at the house station and an orbit re-entry platform that collects thermal coverage methods information. Different investigations aboard come with a three-D cartilage mobile tradition that maintains wholesome cartilage in a decrease gravity atmosphere and ESA’s (Eu House Company) Steel three-D printer, an self sustaining semiconductor production platform.
This spacecraft is known as the S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson.
People have occupied the gap station ceaselessly since November 2000. In that point, 273 other people from 21 international locations have visited the orbital outpost. The gap station is a springboard to NASA’s subsequent nice jump in exploration, together with long run missions to the Moon underneath Artemis, and in the end, human exploration of Mars.
Be informed extra about NASA’s business resupply missions at:
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Information Media Contacts:
Josh Finch / Claire O’Shea
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov / claire.a.o’shea@nasa.gov
Stephanie Plucinsky / Steven Siceloff
Kennedy House Heart, Fla.
321-876-2468
stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov / steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov
Sandra Jones
Johnson House Heart, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov
Ellen Klicka
Northrop Grumman, Cygnus
703-402-4404
ellen.klicka@ngc.com
