NASA Invites Media to Next Space Station Cargo Launch With Northrop Grumman

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 15th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver science investigations, supplies and equipment to the orbital laboratory and its crew.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grummans 15th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station aboard its Cygnus spacecraft.

Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 12:36 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 20, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceports Pad-0A at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, NASA will credential a limited number of media to cover the Antares launch from Wallops.

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