Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket Launch: CRS-18 Cargo Resupply | NASA

Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket Launch: CRS-18 Cargo Resupply | NASA

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched the CRS-18 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed “S.S. Sally Ride,” from MARS Pad 0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on November 7, 2022, at 10:32 UTC (05:32 EDT). Cygnus will deliver approximately 3,729 kg (8,200 lb.) of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) NG-18 mission. Cygnus is scheduled to arrive on November 9, 2022, around 10:05 UTC (05:05 EDT). The NG-18 Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft is named in honor of the late NASA astronaut Sally Ride. In 1983 she became the first American woman to fly in space for STS-7, the Space Shuttle Challenger’s second mission.

Credit: Northrop Grumman/NASA

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 6 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: November 7, 2022

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