Antares Rocket & Cygnus Spacecraft Rollout: CRS-19 Cargo Resupply | NASA

Antares Rocket & Cygnus Spacecraft Rollout: CRS-19 Cargo Resupply | NASA

Northrop Grumman’s CRS-19 Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft were rolled out to MARS Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. This is Northrop Grumman’s 19th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver more than 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Cygnus will once again host NASA’s Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (SAFFIRE), enabling scientists to continue studying the way fire behaves in microgravity.

The CRS-19 Cygnus spacecraft is named after NASA astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark who flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107). Antares is scheduled to launch no earlier than 8:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. 

Check out Northrop Grumman’s CRS-19/NG-19 Mission page for more launch information: 

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/nasa-commercial-resupply-mission-ng-19

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA/Patrick Black, Northrop Grumman/Thom Baur

Image Capture Dates: July 28-29, 2023

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