NASA to Share Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company's Cygnus spacecraft atop, launched at 5:32 a.m. EST, Nov. 7, 2022, from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 18th commercial resupply services mission for NASA to the International Space Station delivered more than 8,000 pounds of science research, crew supplies and hardware to the station and its crew.

Credits: NASA/Terry Zaperach

NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 18, to discuss the next science investigations bound for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft on the companys 19th commercial resupply mission for NASA.

Audio of the media call will stream live at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting launch no earlier than 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The Cygnus spacecraft, carried atop the companys Antares rocket, will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission will carry scientific research, crew supplies, and hardware to the space station to support its Expedition 69 crew.

Cygnus is scheduled to rendezvous with the station on Friday, Aug. 4, for robotic installation to the Unity modules Earth-facing port.

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