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NASA, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman launch 21st Cygnus mission

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX plan to launch the 21st cargo mission to the ISS on Sunday, using a Cygnus spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. The craft, named S. S. Francis R. ‘Dick’ Scobee, will deliver 8,200 pounds of supplies.

News Arena Network - Florida - UPDATED: August 4, 2024, 12:29 PM - 2 min read

NASA, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman set to launch 21st Cygnus resupply mission

NASA, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman launch 21st Cygnus mission

SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Northrop Grumman Cygnus to ISS on Sunday


NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are set to launch the next cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station on Sunday at 11:02 a.m. EDT (8:30 p.m. Indian Standard Time).

 

This flight marks the agency’s 21st commercial resupply services mission to the orbiting laboratory using a Northrop Grumman vehicle.

Launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft, loaded with about 8,200 pounds of supplies, will take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

 

Cygnus consists of two modules — a Service Module and a Pressurised Cargo Module that carries supplies for the crew, as well as the required equipment and experiments to destinations in low Earth orbit. The Service Module features the latest aviation technology developed by Northrop Grumman, including guidance and navigation components that enable operations like these.

 

In honour of the late NASA astronaut Richard ‘Dick’ Scobee, this spaceship is named the S.S. Francis R. ‘Dick’ Scobee. Scobee was a Vietnam veteran and a member of the 1978 STS 41-C Mission. He was the commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, where he and his crew perished in space. President George W. Bush posthumously conferred the Congressional Space Medal of Honour on him in 2004.

 

It has been more than a decade since the first operational Cygnus mission was launched on 9 January 2014. Named after astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, who died in 2013, this tradition honours legendary astronauts who continue to live on in both Earth and space.

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