| July 25, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-092 NASA Sets Coverage for Cargo Launch to International Space Station
NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 8:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 1, for the launch of the companyâs 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station from the agencyâs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Live launch coverage will begin at 8 p.m. and will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencyâs website, with prelaunch events starting Sunday, July 30. Follow all events at: Filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, Northrop Grummanâs Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch on the companyâs Antares rocket from Virginia Spaceport Authorityâs Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. It will arrive at the space station Friday, Aug. 4. NASA coverage of rendezvous and capture will begin at 4:30 a.m. followed by installation coverage at 7:30 a.m. NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg will capture Cygnus using the stationâs robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will act as backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity moduleâs Earth-facing port. Highlights of space station research facilitated by delivery aboard this Cygnus are:
The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until October, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory. Northrop Grumman named the Cygnus spacecraft the S.S. Laurel Clark after late NASA astronaut Laurel Clark. Clark was a crew member of NASAâs STS-107 mission aboard space shuttle Columbia, successfully conducting 80 experiments while logging 15 days in space. She and her fellow STS-107 crew members tragically lost their lives when Columbia did not survive its re-entry into Earthâs atmosphere. NASA coverage of the mission is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations): Sunday, July 30: 5 p.m. â Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants:
Media who wish to participate by phone must request dial-in information by 12 p.m. on Friday, July 28, from Amy Barra at amy.l.barra@nasa.gov. Media and the public also may submit questions on social media using #AskNASA. Tuesday, Aug. 1:
Friday, Aug. 4:
Public Participation Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually. Virtual guests will have access to curated resources , schedule changes, and mission-specific information straight to your inbox. Following each activity, virtual guests are sent a mission-specific collectable stamp for their virtual guest passport. Hear more about the virtual guest program from NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts. The evening launch may be visible, weather permitting, to residents throughout the mid-Atlantic region and possibly the East Coast of the United States. The launch viewing area will be open 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at NASAâs Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center. Learn more about Northrop Grumman commercial resupply missions at: https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman -end- | |
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