Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 01:58 PM
Please use this topic to discuss Northrop Grumman's NG-16 mission to resupply the International Space Station.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 02:03 PM
From Northrop Grumman: Will you see the NG-16 Launch?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 02:05 PM
NASA video
What's on board the spacecraft? Over 8,200 pounds (3,720 kg) of research, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies for the astronauts living and working on the station. Experiments heading to space will demonstrate 3D printing with dust, use engineered tissue to study muscle loss, analyze growth of slime mold, and more.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 02:05 PM
NASA TV live video
Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 5:30 p.m. EDT (21:30 UTC) for live coverage of the launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft.
Liftoff from our Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled at 5:56 p.m. EDT (21:56 UTC). This Cygnus is named the S.S. Ellison Onizuka, in honor of the first Asian American astronaut.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 03:34 PM
Launch now targeted for the end of the window at 6:01 p.m. EDT (2201 GMT), after the resolution of a leak in a helium relief valve at the launch pad.
From Northrop Grumman:
Update: The Antares launch has moved to 6:01 p.m., which enabled teams to resolve a minor ground support issue. We are go for launch.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46835 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-10-2021 05:16 PM
The S.S. Ellison Onizuka is now safely in orbit and on its way to the International Space Station after its launch from Pad OA at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.
From NASA:
Liftoff of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter at 6:01 p.m. EDT! It will reach the space station on Thursday [Aug. 12] for a capture at 6:10 a.m. EDT by the Canadarm2 robotic arm operated by Expedition 65 flight engineer Megan McArthur.
MSS Member
Posts: 923 From: Europe Registered: May 2003
posted 08-13-2021 11:15 PM
Here is the current ISS configuration after Cygnus NG-16 S.S. Ellison Onizuka arrival (August 12, 2021):
posted 08-10-2021 01:58 PM
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