Space station cargo ship named in honor of late NASA astronaut Piers Sellers

S.S. Piers Sellers is the first Cygnus to be named for a space station-era career astronaut who died after the spacecraft entered service.

, began his career with NASA in 1982, 14 years before he was selected to become an astronaut.

Sellers' last mission saw him launch again on Atlantis, this time as an STS-132 mission specialist. The flight delivered Russia's Rassvet mini-research module to the space station. "In 2016, he received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the space agency's highest honor. Sadly, Piers

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