The cargo run is the second this year for the space station after a Russian flight earlier this week.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket streaked away from Virginia's Eastern Shore Saturday, boosting a Cygnus cargo ship into orbit with more than four tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station.
A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket blasts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying a Cygnus cargo ship loaded with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station.Five-and-a-half minutes later, the Cygnus cargo ship separated from the spent second stage and the freighter set off after the International Space Station, on track to complete an automated two-day rendezvous at 4:35 a.m. Monday.
"Over the course of a year, there are hundreds of experiments on the ISS, and during the average six-month increment, we can have roughly 300 investigations ongoing," said Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist."This flight brings up roughly 40 science investigations for NASA, the U.S. National Lab and our international partners."
"We've optimized the Cygnus configuration to remove some secondary structural elements to maximize the cargo load and also allow for full fuel load that enables a new operational capability, a reboost," said Steve Krein, Northrop Grumman vice president of civil and commercial space.
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