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november 12, 2018 - NASA
NASA TV Coverage Set for November Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its 10th resupply mission to the International Space Station at 4:49 a.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 15, from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Live launch coverage will begin at 4:15 a.m. on #NASA Television and the agency’s website.
NASA TV will air two prelaunch briefings for the mission. At 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations and technology demonstrations to be delivered to the station. Mission managers will provide an overview and status of launch operations at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14.
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch on Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from Pad 0A of Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at Wallops. Following launch on Nov. 15, #NASA TV coverage of the spacecraft’s solar array deployment will begin at 5:45 a.m., and a post-launch news briefing will held at approximately 7 a.m.
Under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Cygnus will carry about 7,500 pounds of crew supplies and hardware to the space station, including science and research in support of dozens of research investigations.
Highlights of space station research that will be facilitated by investigations aboard this Cygnus are:
- An investigation into the complex process of cement solidification to explore how gravity levels like those on the Moon and Mars may potentially affect concrete hardening.
- Research to develop a mathematical model for how an astronaut’s perception of motion, body position and distance to objects changes in space.
- A test of the first integrated 3D printer and recycler to turn waste plastic materials into high-quality 3D-printer filament to create tools and materials, a key capability for future long-duration space missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
Included in the cargo are investigations that will enable U.S. National Laboratory research, which is managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space. They include an investigation to evaluate growth of protein crystals implicated in Parkinson’s disease and astrophysics research to examine the formation of chondrules, some of the oldest material in the solar system.
When Cygnus arrives to the space station, on Sunday, Nov. 18, Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of #NASA will grapple the spacecraft at about 4:35 a.m., backed up by Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), who will monitor Cygnus systems during its approach for capture. They will use the space station’s robotic arm to take hold of the Cygnus, dubbed the SS John Young. After Cygnus’ capture, ground controllers will command the station’s arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station’s Unity module. #NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and capture will begin at 3 a.m., and coverage of installation will begin at 6:15 a.m.
Cygnus is scheduled to remain at the space station until Feb. 12, 2019, when the spacecraft will depart the station and deploy several CubeSats before its fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere as it disposes of several tons of trash.
If the launch does not occur on Thursday, Nov. 15, the next launch opportunity is 4:27 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, with #NASA TV coverage starting at 4 a.m.
This Cygnus spacecraft is named in honor of the former astronaut and U.S. Navy officer John Young. As a #NASA astronaut, Young logged 835 hours in space participating in six missions: Gemini 3 and 10, Apollo 10 and 16, and STS-1 and 9.
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