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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg)NASA Wallops @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 7 янв. (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1214681202843623430)

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@NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s CRS-13 mission is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to deliver science missions and supplies to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).

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ЦитироватьJan. 7, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-003

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman's February Space Station Launch

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Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft for 5:39 p.m. EST Feb. 9 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island.
Credits: NASA

Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station).

Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft for 5:39 p.m. EST Feb. 9 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island.
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Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.

Highlights of space station research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html) facilitated by research aboard this Cygnus mission include:

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• The Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility that launches and returns on space station resupply spacecraft to offer researchers a quick-turnaround, high-throughput platform that can perform a biology experiment without the need for crew operations for as long as a month.
  
  
  
• Plant Habitat-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7793), which will cultivate radishes in the Advanced Plant Habitat facility as a model plant that is nutritious and edible. The ability to reliably grow nutritionally-valuable food crops in space which will be critical for NASA's human exploration of the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/moon2mars/).
  
  
  
• The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation, which will use the Cygnus resupply vehicle after it leaves the space station to examine the development and growth of a fire in different materials and environmental conditions. Understanding how fires spread in space is vital for developing flame-resistant materials and fire prevention measures.
  

Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html) to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space.

Learn about Northrop Grumman's commercial resupply missions at:

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Last Updated: Jan. 7, 2020
Editor: Katherine Brown

ЦитироватьГрузовой корабль Cygnus совершит полет на МКС 9 февраля
23:33 07.01.2020 (обновлено: 23:34 07.01.2020)

ВАШИНГТОН, 7 янв – РИА Новости. Очередной полет грузового корабля Cygnus на Международную космическую станцию намечен на 9 февраля, сообщило НАСА во вторник.

Старт принадлежащего компании Northrop Grumman корабля запланирован на 17.39 по времени Восточного побережья США (01.39 мск 10 феварля) с космодрома "Уоллопс" в Виргинии. Запуск осуществит ракета-носитель Antares.

Как сообщило, анонсируя запуск, американское космическое ведомство, помимо провианта и предметов первой необходимости для экипажа корабль доставит на орбиту материалы для серии научных экспериментов. В их числе модуль для выращивания на орбите редиса и портативная лаборатория для выращивания тканей и клеток в условиях невесомости.

Northrop Grumman выполняет грузовые полеты на МКС по контракту с НАСА.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1215342492897480704)

Looking ahead on the launch calendar, the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) launch from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia on 9 February at 17:39 EST is 5 minutes after local sunset.

That should be a GORGEOUS launch! @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 9 янв. (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1215386855543398400)

The mighty #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) stands tall as the team preps @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s cargo spacecraft for liftoff. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125535.png)  Cygnus is scheduled to launch atop an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at 5:39 p.m. EST on Feb. 9.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops‏ @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 15 янв. (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1217473754323935232)

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed Wallops' main base and traveled about 10 miles to NASA's Wallops Island last night.  Here, the spacecraft will fuel up (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125613.png) before its journey to the International Space Station on Feb. 9.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1219321150049865734)

The next Northrop Grumman Cygnus mission, NG-13, has been named the S.S. Robert Lawrence, after  Maj Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967), a USAF MOL astronaut trainee killed in an F-104 crash.

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ЦитироватьNG-13 MISSION UPDATE
Northrop Grumman will launch the NG-13 mission on February 9, 2020. The company's Antares rocket will launch the Cygnus spacecraft from Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with the 5-minute launch window opening at 5:39 p.m. ET.


Northrop Grumman is proud to name the NG-13 Cygnus spacecraft after former astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. It is the company's tradition to name each Cygnus after an individual who has played a pivotal part in the legacy of human spaceflight. Major Lawrence was selected in honor of his prominent place in history as the first African-American astronaut. Read more. (https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/Space_NG-13_Robert_Lawrence_Biography.pdf)

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Get mission updates on our social media accounts: Twitter (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/northropgrumman/) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/northropgrumman/)


About Antares


Designed to provide responsive and low-cost access to space, Antares is a two-stage vehicle (with optional third stage) that provides low-Earth orbit (LEO) launch capability for payloads weighing up to 8,000 kg. Internally funded by Northrop Grumman, Antares completed a risk reduction mission and a demonstration of commercial re-supply services for the International Space Station (ISS) under a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement in 2013. Northrop Grumman commenced delivery of cargo to the ISS under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract in 2014. Learn more about Antares. (https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/antares-rocket/)


About Cygnus


Cargo is delivered to the station using Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. The Cygnus spacecraft consists of two modules: the Service Module (SM) which incorporates the avionics, propulsion and power systems from Northrop Grumman's flight proven LEOStar and GEOStar spacecraft buses; and the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) which carries the crew supplies, spares and scientific experiments. The SM is integrated and tested at Northrop Grumman's Dulles, Virginia satellite manufacturing facility. The PCM is supplied by Thales Alenia Space and is produced in Turin Italy. Learn more about Cygnus. (https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/cygnus-spacecraft/)

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NG-13 Mission at a Glance
Launch Date: February 9, 2020; 5:39 p.m. ET


Launch Site: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility


Expected Arrival at ISS: February 11, 2020


Honorary Name: Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.

ЦитироватьNext Northrop Grumman Cygnus Launch Set for Feb. 9

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Posted Jan 21, 2020 at 3:19 pm

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This image of the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft aboard, was taken Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Media accreditation is open (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-february-space-station-launch) for the launch of Northrop Grumman's next delivery of NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) on Feb. 9.

Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html)'s Cygnus spacecraft is targeted to launch on the company's Antares rocket at 5:39 p.m. EST from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS (http://www.vaspace.org/)) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.

ЦитироватьJan. 29, 2020

New Research Launching to Station Aboard Northrop Grumman's 13th Resupply Mission

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with a Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Virginia.
Credits: NASA

Investigations studying tissue culturing, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) on a Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) Cygnus spacecraft. The vehicle launches no earlier than Feb. 9 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

This is the second mission under Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. These resupply missions help NASA deliver critical research to the orbiting lab and increase its ability to conduct new investigations.

Here are details on some of the scientific investigations Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply services mission (NG CRS-13 (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-february-space-station-launch)) is delivering to the space station:

Better tissue and cell culturing in space

Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility, offers investigators a quick-turnaround platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology experiments. Such experiments are critical for determining how microgravity affects human physiology and identifying ways to mitigate negative effects. The platform can work in multiple configurations, allowing investigators to tailor the facility to their needs.

Mobile SpaceLab launches and returns on resupply spacecraft. It performs experiments autonomously with ground monitoring. The crew is responsible for moving the payload from the resupply vehicle to a designated ISS EXPRESS Rack and back to a vehicle for return to ground. This process allows investigators to get their research in orbit quickly and gather sophisticated data using the automated capabilities. Experiments can run for up to one month.

A close-up view

The Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657) investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station. This capability could accelerate answers to many scientific inquiries and mission decisions and serve the public as a powerful and unique microgravity research platform.

The ability to identify small particles is needed for crewed flight and deep space exploration beyond low-Earth Orbit (LEO) since samples cannot be sent back to Earth. Rapid identification of these particles can help keep crews and vehicles safe.

Examining bone loss in microgravity

Crew members experience bone loss in orbit, stemming from the lack of gravity acting on their bones. OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) investigates the molecular mechanisms that dictate this bone loss by examining osteoblasts, cells in the body that form bone, and osteoclasts, which dissolve bone. A better understanding of these mechanisms could lead to more effective prevention of astronaut bone loss during space missions.

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Commander Peggy Whitson works on the OsteoOmics bone cell study that uses the Microgravity Science Glovebox inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory in May 2017. OsteoOmics investigates the molecular mechanisms that dictate bone loss in microgravity by examining osteoblasts, which form bone, and osteoclasts, which dissolve bone.
Credits: NASA

Understanding the cellular mechanisms of bone loss associated with microgravity also helps researchers better understand bone loss associated with a wide range of disorders. This insight could help identify better preventative care and therapeutic treatments for people who experience bone loss due to diseases such as osteopenia and osteoporosis or from prolonged bed rest.

Fighting viruses with phages

Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that specifically invade and destroy bacteria. Discovered in 1915, phages have been used to fight infectious diseases, most notably in Eastern Europe.

With increasing types of bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics, phage therapy offers a possible alternative to traditional antibiotics. In addition, phages can eliminate harmful bacteria without causing large-scale damage to the body's beneficial bacterial population or microbiome. Scientists also can evolve phages in the laboratory to remain potent even if phage-resistant bacteria develop.

Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079) examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on phage and bacterial host interactions, including phage specificity for a bacterial host and host resistance to specific phages. A better understanding of the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on bacteriophages and hosts could result in significant developments for phage technology, ultimately helping protect the health of astronauts on future missions.

(Do not) light my fire

The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation examines fire development and growth in different materials and environmental conditions, fire detection and monitoring, and post-fire cleanup capabilities. It is part of a series of fire investigations conducted in the Cygnus resupply vehicle after its departure from space station, eliminating exposure of humans or occupied spacecraft to fire danger.

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NASA astronaut Tim Kopra commanded the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the Cygnus spacecraft on June 14, 2016. After Cygnus was a safe distance away, ground controllers at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio initiated the sequence for Saffire-1, the first in a series of fire experiments. Saffire-IV will launch on NG-13.
Credits: NASA

Saffire-IV contributes to fire safety efforts in similar environments on Earth, from submarines to mines, and helps improve general understanding and modeling of fire phenomena.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations currently happening aboard the orbiting laboratory. ...

Melissa Gaskill

International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html)

Last Updated: Jan. 29, 2020
Editor: Michael Johnson

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Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Experiments and Payloads

Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA) enables human spaceflight exploration to expand the frontiers of knowledge, capability, and opportunity in space and pioneers scientific discovery in and beyond low-Earth orbit to drive advances in science, technology, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, and economic vitality. SLPSRA investigations launching on Northrop Grumman (NG) Commercial Resupply Services-13 (CRS-13) mission are:

SPACE BIOLOGY

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Assembly and Advanced Payload Modular Locker (APML).

Spectrum-001

Experiments on the International Space Station with the Spectrum Multi-Spectral Fluorescence Imager will help us meet that requirement by exploring the effects of microgravity on plants and micro-organisms.  This research will lead to more robust and healthier food sources, both in space and on Earth.

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The Spectrum flight unit and subsystems.

The Spectrum hardware, which launched to the space station aboard NG CRS-12 on 11/02/19, consists of an environmentally-controlled chamber to grow biological organisms and an imaging system to photograph these organisms as they grow. The imaging system uses a 71 Megapixel monochrome camera and a color filter wheel for taking fluorescent images of proteins produced by plants and other biological organisms. Spectrum allows researchers to vary the light intensity, light duration, CO2 levels, nutrient levels, and growth positions on a rotating carousel within the environmentally controlled chamber, and use a variety of colored filters to identify the genes that turn off and turn on when conditions are varied. Spectrum will help scientists understand how plants and other organisms cope with the stresses of spaceflight at a genetic level, what conditions help plants grow their best in space, and how farmers can make healthier plants on Earth.

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Spectrum images of Arabidopsis plants expressing Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP).

The Spectrum hardware will undergo science testing using the Spectrum-001 science payload launching to space station aboard NG CRS-13. Arabidopsis plant seeds, yeast, and fluorescent beads will fly to the space station on NG CRS-13 for this important test to validate the hardware can meet science needs under microgravity conditions. The Spectrum-001 experiment was developed by a team of scientists from universities and private industry.

More information about Spectrum can be found here (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/iss_spectrum_flyer_9091020191.pdf).

Project Manager: David Flowers, NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Mission Scientists: Dr. Gioia Massa, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Simon Gilroy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
Co-Investigators: Dr. Sarah Swanson, UW-Madison; Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida; Dr. Robert Ferl, University of Florida; Dr. Timothy Hammond, Institute for Medical Research, Inc. 
Payload Integration Contractor: MEI Technologies


International Space Station Vegetable Production System-03 (Veggie) (VEG-03 J/K/L)

Red romaine lettuce, Amara mustard, and 'Extra Dwarf' pak choi seeds will be sent to the space station for three separate experiments that test a new seed handling material, a new crop in space and the efficiency of the current Veggie growing technologies.

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'Outredgeous' red romaine lettuce seeds embedded into seed film.

VEG-03 J will test seed film, a new way to handle seeds similar to a breath freshener strips, developed at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seed film prevents seeds from popping from their carriers and racing around the room when they are unpacked in the microgravity conditions aboard the space station, and will help astronauts store, handle, and plant crops easily. When it is time to start the experiment on station, an astronaut will place the strips of seed film into plant pillows within a Vegetable Production System (Veggie) then will add water. The water-soluble films will dissolve away to initiate plant growth. The films can also be used to deliver fertilizer or enzymes to jumpstart seed germination and help new seedlings grow. The VEG-03 J experiment uses 'Outredgeous' red romaine lettuce seeds. This is a crop the crew has grown and eaten on station several times in the past.

VEG-03 K and VEG-03 L will use seeds that were planted into plant pillows on Earth then flown to the space station.

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'Outredgeous' red romaine lettuce grown in Veggie pillows from seeds embedded into seed film.

VEG-03 K will test how well Amara mustard grows in space. Also known as Ethiopian kale, the researchers at Kennedy have nicknamed it "steak plant" because it has a strong umami flavor. Amara mustard is a dark leafy green and contains a lot of important nutrients, like vitamins C and K. It was tested and developed for two years at Kennedy before it was approved for testing in microgravity on the space station. VEG-03 K will mark Amara's debut in space.

VEG-03 L will be the second test of 'Extra Dwarf' pak choi. It is a short, crisp leafy green with a refreshing flavor and a good nutritional profile, including as much vitamin C as an orange by weight. It was first tested on Earth by students participating in the Fairchild Growing Beyond Earth Challenge – a collaboration between NASA and Miami's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, which provides more than 200 middle school and high school students in 35 states an opportunity to help NASA test and select the best plants to be used as space crops. Potential space crops were grown in classrooms at different elevations with different humidity levels, and microbiomes. The watering schedules were also different.  The theory was that if a crop can grow well in 100 classrooms, then it's robust and a good candidate for space. The students who participated in the first round of testing are waiting eagerly to see if their plants will qualify as galactic travelers.

More information about VEG-03 J/K/L can be found here (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=374).

Project Manager: Trent Smith, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Mission Scientist: Matt Romeyn, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gioia Massa, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Payload Integration Contractor: MEI Technologies

Stay informed on other exciting SLPSRA research initiatives: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/slpsra (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/slpsra)

Last Updated: Jan. 29, 2020
Editor: Carlyle Webb

ЦитироватьStation Preps for Crew Departure and New U.S. Cargo Ship
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 3, 2020 at 12:18 pm

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Meir and Morgan are getting ready for the next Cygnus space freighter and its cargo of several tons of science experiments and crew supplies. Cygnus will launch Sunday at 5:39 p.m. and rendezvous with the station two days later for a robotic capture at 4:30 a.m.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 2/03/2020

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Cygnus Rendezvous On-Board Training (OBT):
In preparation for NG-13 launch currently planned on February 9 and berth on February 11, today the crew completed this proficiency training covering the mission profile, rendezvous crew procedures and crew interfaces for monitoring and commanding the Cygnus.

ЦитироватьStation Crew Splits Up Thursday before Next Cargo Mission
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 4, 2020 at 11:43 am

The crew aboard the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) is ... getting ready for a U.S. space delivery.
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Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) will officially begin when Koch and her Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crewmates undock fr om the Poisk module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/poisk-mini-research-module-2). Continuing their stay in space will be Commander Oleg Skripochka (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=211) of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan). They will end their stay aboard the orbiting lab and return to Earth in April.

Meir and Morgan are getting ready for another mission that begins Sunday when Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft lifts off at 5:39 p.m. It will rendezvous with the station Tuesday where the duo will be in the cupola to capture Cygnus at 3:30 a.m. with the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html).

Ground controllers will then remotely command the Canadarm2 to install Cygnus to the Unity module wh ere it will stay for 90 days. Cygnus will be delivering over 8,000 pounds of new research gear and crew supplies.

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As @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) pointed out there is MAJOR potential for a double header launch on Sunday!#Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #AtlasV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlasV?src=hash) #SolarOrbiter (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SolarOrbiter?src=hash)

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An Antares rocket is launching from NASA Wallops at 5:39 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 9. How to watch:

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125369.png) | From the Wallops Visitor Center, opening at 1:30 p.m.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125468.png) | Look up if you're in the launch visibility zone
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125429.png) | Tune into NASA TV at 5 p.m.

Viewing guide: https://go.nasa.gov/2uQaX0b  (https://t.co/oplbt88QrX)

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This morning, Antares and Cygnus traveled from the Horizontal Integration Facility to launch pad 0A. Launch is scheduled for 5:39 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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ЦитироватьFeb. 5, 2020

NASA TV Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station

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Credits: NASA / Terry Zaprach

NASA TV will cover the next launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the international Space Station beginning at 5 p.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 9.

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket fr om Pad 0A of Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at 5:39 p.m., Feb. 9, from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch, as well as briefings preceding the launch, will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning on Saturday, Feb. 8

NASA TV will air two pre-launch briefings for the mission at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, wh ere mission managers will provide an overview and status of launch operations. Scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations and technology demonstrations to be delivered to the space station at 3 p.m., Feb. 8. Following launch on Feb. 9, NASA social media channels (https://www.nasa.gov/socialmedia) will confirm the spacecraft's solar array deployment approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes after launch.

Cygnus will carry approximately 8,000 pounds of crew supplies and hardware to the space station, including science and research in support of dozens of research investigations.

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Credits: NASA / Terry Zaprach

Highlights of space station research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) that will be facilitated by investigations aboard this Cygnus are:
·       Mobile Space Lab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility that can perform a biology experiment without the need for crew operations for as long as a month.


·       OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149), investigates the molecular mechanisms behind bone loss in microgravity.


·       Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079), examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on viruses that target human bacteria without harming human cells or the body's beneficial bacteria population. The investigation results could ultimately help protect the health of astronauts on future missions.


·       The Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657) investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station.


·       The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation will examine the development and growth of a fire in different materials and environmental conditions.

The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Robert H. Lawrence (https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/Space_NG-13_Robert_Lawrence_Biography.pdf), will arrive at the space station Tuesday, Feb. 11 at about 4:30 a.m., Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan will grapple Cygnus and NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will be acting as a backup. After Cygnus capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until May.

Live coverage of the capture will begin at 3 a.m. and Cygnus installation coverage will begin at 6 a.m.

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May 11, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory. The Saffire-IV experiment will be conducted within the Cygnus spacecraft after it departs the station and prior to deorbit when it also will dispose of several tons of trash during a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere May 25.

If the launch does not occur on Feb. 9, the next launch opportunity is 5:16 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, with NASA TV coverage starting at 4:45 p.m.

This will be the second mission under Northrop Grumman's CRS-2 contract with NASA. Under Northrop Grumman's Commercial Resupply Services (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html)-2 contract, the company will fly a minimum of eight missions to the International Space Station through 2024.


PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE ON NASA TV
Saturday, Feb. 8 (L-1 day): A prelaunch status briefing will be held at Wallops Visitor Center auditorium at 11 a.m. NASA TV will provide live coverage, as well as streaming internet coverage.


Participants will be:

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• Ven Feng, manager, ISS Transportation Integration Office, NASA's International Space Station program
  
• Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist, International Space Station Program Science Office
  
• Jeff Reddish, project manager, Wallops Range Antares
  
• Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, Tactical Space Systems, Northrop Grumman
  
• Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president, Launch and Missile Defense Systems, Northrop Grumman
  

WHAT'S ON BOARD SCIENCE BRIEFING ON NASA TV

Saturday, Feb. 8 (L-1 day): A science, research and technology briefing will be held at the Wallops Visitor Center auditorium at 3 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming internet coverage.

Participants will include:

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• Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist, NASA's International Space Station Program Science Office
  
• Patrick O'Neill, marketing and communications senior manager, ISS U.S. National Laboratory
  
• Caitlin O'Connell and Devin Ridgely, Mobile Space Lab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), Scorpio-V, HNu Photonics
  
• Bruce Hammer and Louis Kidder, OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149), University of Minnesota
  
• Christopher Own and James Martinez, Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657), Voxa
  
• Gary Ruff, Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923), NASA's Glenn Research Center
  

The public can submit questions during the pre-launch press conference and the What's on Board briefing at #askNASA  Media can submit questions during the prelaunch news conference and the What's on Board briefing using #askNASA or via the media phone bridge.  Contact Keith Koehler at keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov (mailto:keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov) for phone dial-in information.
NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE


Sunday, Feb. 9 (Launch day): NASA TV live coverage will begin at 5 p.m. EST. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv (http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv)


IN-FLIGHT NASA TV COVERAGE


If launch occurs Feb. 9, NASA TV will provide live coverage of the arrival of the Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station on Monday, Feb. 11. NASA TV will cover the rendezvous and capture of Cygnus beginning at 3 a.m. with capture taking place at approximately 4:30 a.m.  


NASA WEB PRELAUNCH AND LAUNCH COVERAGE


Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the Northrop Grumman CRS-13 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming beginning at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9, on the Wallops Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops) site. Live coverage on the NASA website begins at 5 p.m. on launch day. ...


You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman)


Last Updated: Feb. 5, 2020
Editor: Patrick Black

ЦитироватьAntares Rocket for Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Rolls to Launch Pad

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 5, 2020 at 4:08 pm

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station at 5:39 p.m. EDT Sunday, Feb. 9.

Loaded with more than 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, this is Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply NASA-contracted mission. It will launch from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home).

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is seen as it is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility to launch Pad-0A, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The team rolled the Antares rocket out to Pad-0A at Wallops the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 5.

More images are available from NASA Headquarters' Flickr gallery (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/albums/72157712987026042).

The launch, as well as briefings preceding and following liftoff, will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT Feb. 9 (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-cygnus-launch-to-international-space-station).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/43289.png) (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) NASA HQ PHOTO✔@nasahqphoto (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) 2:31 AM - Feb 6, 2020 (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/1225200209208258561)

The @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) rocket is vertical on the @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) launch pad. Launch to the International Space Station is planned for 5:39 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 9. More (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125427.png) https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLdbEk5  (https://t.co/IyVl9dA5yV)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185216.jpg) (https://twitter.com/josephanavin) Joseph Navin李祖耀(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125285.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125271.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)@josephanavin (https://twitter.com/josephanavin) 4:26 AM - Feb 6, 2020 (https://twitter.com/josephanavin/status/1225229293778804736)

The NG-13 Antares rocket was raised to vertical at Pad-0A this evening @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)

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This exact same @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Castor 30XL second stage will ins ert the #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) Cygnus "SS Major Robert Lawrence" in to orbit. This photo was taken by myself during the #NG12 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG12?src=hash) tour in November. Stay tuned for more from @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) for NG-13 updates.

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ЦитироватьLatest Weather Forecast for Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Launch: 90% Favorable

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 6, 2020 at 4:34 pm

The latest weather forecast stands at 90% favorable for the Feb. 9 launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home). At this time, cumulus clouds are the only weather concern being tracked for a launch attempt on Sunday afternoon.

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) is scheduled to launch its 13th commercial resupply services mission, carrying more than 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station, at 5:39 p.m. EDT on Feb. 9.

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen just after being raised into a vertical position on Pad-0A, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Low pressure will continue to slowly move northeastward across the Mid-Atlantic tonight, bringing periods of rain and gusty winds through Friday. There is an uptick in cloudiness and a slight chance of an isolated shower or snow flurry early Sunday morning, but high pressure will build back into the Mid-Atlantic by Sunday afternoon, allowing for dry conditions, decreasing cloudiness, and light winds.

ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Set to Launch Cygnus Spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA
February 07, 2020

WALLOPS, Va. – Feb. 7 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is set to launch the company's AntaresTM rocket carrying its CygnusTM spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA. This mission, known as NG-13, marks the company's 13th cargo mission for NASA and the second mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract.

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Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket sits on the launch pad at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in preparation for the Feb. 9 launch of the S.S. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station for the NG-13 mission.

The launch is scheduled for Feb. 9 at 5:39 p.m. ET fr om the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, with rendezvous and berthing at the station to occur on Feb. 11. The mission will use the Antares 230+ configuration and will conduct a 24-hour late load operation.

"Antares is Northrop Grumman's workhorse for providing commercial cargo delivery to the space station," said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defense systems, Northrop Grumman. "The capability to load cargo just before launch, and the increased performance of Antares, provides NASA with the flexibility they can depend on for timely and cost effective Space Station resupply."

For the NG-13 mission, Cygnus will carry approximately 7,500 pounds (3,400 kilograms) of cargo for the crew aboard the station. This marks the second time two Cygnus spacecraft will be in flight at the same time as the NG-12 vehicle, which remains in orbit after departing from the station on Jan. 31.

"Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft has undergone a number of upgrades throughout our 13 missions," said Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, tactical space systems, Northrop Grumman. "We continue to offer NASA and our commercial customers a reliable spacecraft that not only delivers vital cargo, but is also a fully functioning science laboratory in space and has now demonstrated its ability to perform long-duration in-orbit operations."

Once Cygnus is grappled to the International Space Station, the spacecraft will remain attached for approximately three months before departing with up to 8,200 pounds (approximately 3,720 kilograms) of cargo for disposal.

On this mission, Cygnus will once again host the Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment – IV (Saffire-IV) providing an environment to safely study fire in microgravity. The Saffire experiment, designed by the NASA's Glenn Research Center, has flown on three previous Cygnus missions. NG-13 will also support CubeSat deployments via SEOPS SlingShot deployer and a SEOPS hosted payload. This underscores how the Cygnus spacecraft continues to serve scientific needs and commercial business in low-Earth orbit through the second phase of its resupply missions to the space station.

Northrop Grumman names each Cygnus spacecraft in honor of individuals who have significantly contributed to the United States' commercial space program. For the NG-13 mission, the company commemorates astronaut Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the nation's first African American astronaut. In 1967, the U.S. Air Force selected Lawrence as an astronaut for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. Although his career was cut short in a tragic accident, he paved the way for future aerospace pioneers and highlighted the need for diversity and inclusion across the industry.

Live coverage of the Antares launch and Cygnus capture and installation at the space station will be available on NASA Television at http://www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live). Details about the mission including a map to show wh ere you might see the launch are available here (http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Antares/Pages/Antares-Missions.aspx?utm_source=Digital&utm_medium=Redirect&utm_campaign=NG10+Redirect).

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees define possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186424.jpg) (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) NASA Wallops✔@NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 10:44 PM - Feb 7, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1225867850184826881)

Only 2 days remain until Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 mission launches to the International Space Station. In the mean time, take a look back at Antares and Cygnus' journey to launch pad 0A. The rocket and spacecraft traveled 1 mile per hour to get there!

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#DYK (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DYK?src=hash) you can see a rocket launch along the East Coast on Sunday? Watch our NG-13 #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) head to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) at 5:39 pm ET.

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ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 119/20

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
VIRGINIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
    092215Z TO 100015Z FEB ALTERNATE
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    122100Z TO 122300Z, 132045Z TO 132245Z,
    142015Z TO 142215Z, 152000Z TO 152200Z,
    161930Z TO 162130Z, 171915Z TO 172100Z,
    181845Z TO 182045Z AND 191830Z TO 192015Z FEB
    IN AREAS BOUND BY:
    A. 37-56-58N 075-23-30W, 36-47-56N 073-42-27W,
        36-38-13N 073-51-53W, 37-41-17N 075-36-47W,
        37-56-58N 075-23-30W.
    B. 28-50-39N 062-19-46W, 30-46-34N 064-20-52W,
        29-05-48N 066-25-41W, 27-13-03N 064-25-04W,
        28-50-39N 062-19-46W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192115Z FEB 20.//

Authority: WALLOPS 141830Z JAN 20.

Date: 050959Z FEB 20
Cancel: 19211500 Feb 20

ЦитироватьLatest Weather Forecast 95% Favorable for Northrup Grumman CRS-13 Launch

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 7, 2020 at 3:38 pm

The latest weather forecast stands at 95% favorable for the scheduled launch Sunday, Feb. 9 of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. As of this time, cumulus clouds and thick clouds are the primary weather concerns being tracked for a launch attempt at 5:39 p.m. EST Sunday.

Northrop Grumman's 13th contracted cargo resupply mission (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview_high_res_0.pdf) with NASA will send the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) to deliver approximately 8,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is rolled out to Pad-0A, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Blustery conditions will continue today as a deep area of low pressure continues to move off to our northeast. Winds will subside overnight tonight, providing for a calm, uneventful Saturday. A weak upper level shortwave trough will then move across the Mid-Atlantic Saturday night, producing an uptick in cloudiness into early Sunday morning. High pressure will build back into the local area by Sunday afternoon, leading to another seasonable day under partly cloudy skies. Clouds begin to increase in the mid and upper- levels Sunday evening as another cold front approaches the region.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186424.jpg) (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) NASA Wallops✔@NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 11:53 PM - Feb 7, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1225885413916712960)

Antares returned to the horizontal position on pad 0A. Tomorrow, late load cargo will be packed into Cygnus.

Weather forecasts have been updated, predicting 95% chance of favorable launch weather on Feb. 9. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125311.png)

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ЦитироватьWatch Live Coverage and Commentary of Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Launch

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 8, 2020 at 9:00 am

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket from Pad-0A of Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at 5:39 p.m., Feb. 9, from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. Two pre-launch briefings will air live on NASA TV and the agency's online stream (nasa.gov/live (https://www.nasa.gov/live)) today at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. EST.

Antares is carrying Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft for the company's 13th contracted commercial resupply mission for NASA to the space station. Cygnus will carry about 8,000 pounds of crew supplies and hardware, including new science and research investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng-13-research-highlights).

PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE 11 a.m.: Mission managers will provide an overview and status of launch operations.

WHAT'S ON BOARD SCIENCE BRIEFING 3 p.m.: Scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations and technology demonstrations to be delivered to the space station.

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Commander Peggy Whitson works on the OsteoOmics bone cell study that utilizes the Microgravity Science Glovebox inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory on May 2, 2017. Credits: NASA

The public can submit questions during the pre-launch press conference and the What's on Board briefing using #askNASA. Media can submit questions during the prelaunch news conference and the What's on Board briefing using #askNASA or via the media phone bridge. Contact Keith Koehler at keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov (mailto:keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov) for phone dial-in information.

On Feb. 9, live coverage of the launch will begin at 5 p.m. EST. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv (http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/44532.jpg) (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) Jeff Foust@jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 7:24 PM - Feb 8, 2020 (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1226179909715922944)

Wallops' Jeff Reddish says weather is still 95% go for Sunday's launch, but only 20% go if it slips to Monday.
#NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1226181168682487810)

NASA's Ven Feng: discussing the best cadence for future cargo missions depending on commercial crew status and size of ISS crew; trying to maintain maximum flexibility.
#NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185012.png)Orbital Velocity‏ @OrbitalVel (https://twitter.com/OrbitalVel) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/OrbitalVel/status/1226254078411517963)

As with previous #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) spacecraft, large-scale fire experiments can occur. This is because the vehicle is safely away from the ISS after the cargo phase of the flight. #SaffireIV (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaffireIV?src=hash) #NASASocial (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASASocial?src=hash)

They can burn material this large:

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186424.jpg) (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) NASA Wallops✔@NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 11:00 PM - Feb 8, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1226234275818885122)

The OsteoOmics mission is launching to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) tomorrow to study bone loss (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125573.png) in microgravity.

What else is in the Cygnus cargo spacecraft? The What's on Board briefing is live now! Got a (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125621.png)about some science? Ask using #askNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/askNASA?src=hash)! http://nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/i2EVk8aQn1)

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ЦитироватьNASA Antares | Northrop Grumman CRS cargo mission prelaunch news conference

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8 февр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьNASA Antares | "What's on Board" science briefing for Northrop Grumman

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8 февр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьWeather Forecast Still 95% Favorable for Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Launch

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 8, 2020 at 5:55 pm

The latest weather forecast continues to stand at 95% favorable for the scheduled launch of Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html)'s Antares rocket at 5:39 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9, from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. The only weather concerns being tracked are a slight chance of cumulus clouds and thick clouds.

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is horizontal for the final cargo load on Pad-0A, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

A dry and seasonable airmass will preside over the Wallops region as a high pressure system provides uneventful weather today. A weak upper-level shortwave trough will move across the Mid-Atlantic tonight, producing an uptick in cloudiness into early Sunday morning. High pressure will build back into the local area by Sunday afternoon, leading to another seasonable day under partly cloudy skies.

Northrop Grumman's 13th contracted cargo resupply mission (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview_high_res_0.pdf) with NASA will send the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) to deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30051.jpg) Northrop Grumman‏ @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1226508302160474113)

Late cargo load is complete. #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) is #DefiningPossible (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefiningPossible?src=hash) and poised for launch at @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) as we begin our final countdown.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg)NASA Wallops‏ @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 15 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1226552223200665602)

Cygnus and Antares returned to the vertical position on pad 0A. The two were spotted this morning under the full Moon before their launch at 5:39 p.m. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125301.png)

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Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
К  #32 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic17322/message1948946/#message1948946)
Карта закрываемых зон
     

ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
На наше время запуск ночью?  

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226567726451302400)

Confirmed.  The to-the-second launch time for #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) today is 17:39:30 EST (22:39:30 UTC).
#Cygnsu (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnsu?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)

ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
Вот это номер! Я до сих пор думал что трасса на северо-восток.

ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
А трансляция где будет?

ЦитироватьAntares launch timeline on the NG-13 mission
February 9, 2020 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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The Antares launch timeline for the NG-12 mission. Credit: Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Sunday to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station.

The rocket's two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a complex owned by the state of Virginia at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.

Launch is timed for 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT) Sunday.

The first stage's two RD-181 engines will power up to 864,000 pounds of thrust and burn for 3 minutes, 14 seconds, then separate from the upper stage's Castor 30XL motor about eight seconds later.

The launch, known as NG-13 in Northrop Grumman's station resupply manifest, will be the seventh Antares mission using new, more powerful RD-181 engines, which the company ordered from the Russian engine-builder NPO Energomash to replace decades-old Russian-built AJ26 engines blamed for an Antares rocket crash seconds after liftoff in October 2014.

Once the first stage finishes its job on the NG-13 launch, the Antares rocket's 12.8-foot-diameter (3.9-meter) diameter payload shroud will jettison in two halves at around T+plus 3 minutes, 53 seconds. An interstage adapter that connected the first and second stages will separate at T+plus 3 minutes, 59 seconds.

The launcher's Castor 30XL solid-fueled upper stage will ignite at T+plus 4 minutes, 5 seconds, and generate up to 104,300 pounds of thrust during a burn lasting approximately 2 minutes, 43 seconds. The second stage motor will burn out at approximately T+plus 6 minutes, 48 seconds, then deploy the Cygnus spacecraft at around T+plus 8 minutes, 38 seconds.

The spacecraft's two cymbal-shaped electricity-generating solar arrays will unfurl in a fan-like motion around two hours into the mission, and the ship's thrusters will begin fine-tuning its approach to the space station with a series of course-correction burns, setting up for a laser-guided final approach Tuesday.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226582194874994693)

And this has just changed.   @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) now targeting 17:41:59.577 EST (22:41:59:577 UTC) for the liftoff of #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) with #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) on #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 29 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226594495145349121)

And back to 17:39:30 EST.  Slightly confusing convo over the net, but 17:41:59 EST is the middle of the launch window (optimal), but @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) teams are still targeting launch at 17:39:30 EST (22:39:30 UTC). #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash)

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
 Туда низ-зя! Там побережье с насельництвом близко к трассе, а ежель вильнёт?

ЦитироватьА наклонение орбиты и на юго-восток обеспечивается

ЦитироватьАмериканский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus стартует к МКС в понедельник
       Вашингтон. 10 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus в понедельник стартует к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
       Запуск намечен на 01:59 мск в понедельник (в 05:59 в воскресенье по времени Восточного побережья США) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
       По сообщению NASA, погодные условия в районе космодрома на 95% благоприятны для проведения запуска. Тем не менее, существует вероятность переноса старта в случае концентрации густых кучевых облаков.
       Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 11 февраля. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося со станцией "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором станции Canadarm-2 и последующим присоединением его к американскому модулю Unity.
       Запуск осуществляется в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль. Cygnus должен будет доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
       В частности, корабль везет на станцию мобильную космическую лабораторию для проведения экспериментов по выращиванию тканей и клеток в космосе, изучению последствий воздействия микрогравитации на потерю костной массы, а также бактерии кишечной палочки для опытов по производству биотоплива. Кроме того, после расстыковки с МКС на борту Cygnus планируется устроить пожар для изучения распространения огня в невесомости.
       Корабль пробудет в составе МКС три месяца - до 11 мая. 25 мая по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.
       Это будет уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67522.jpg) Thomas Burghardt‏ @TGMetsFan98 (https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98) 25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1226608097818443776)

The first launch of an American rocket doubleheader is just under two hours away. #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg ... (https://t.co/0a1IUUD0zt)

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Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
Не рановато ли для миллисекунд то?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226616055604371457)

GO for fueling of #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash)!

ЦитироватьLaunch Day: Weather Maintains 95% Favorability for Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Launch

Isabelle Yan  (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 9, 2020 at 4:12 pm

It's launch day! The latest weather forecast stands at more than 95% favorable for the launch of Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html)'s Antares rocket from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. Launch is scheduled for 5:39 p.m. EST.

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/131009.jpg) (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/wp-content/uploads/sites/291/2020/02/launch-photo-pre-launch.jpg)
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen out of the back of a boat at sunrise on Pad-0A, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Northrop Grumman's 13th contracted cargo resupply mission (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview_high_res_0.pdf) with NASA will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the International Space Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185254.jpg) Nathan Barker‏ @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd/status/1226627653857370118)

Behind the scenes as @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) brings to you live coverage of tonight's Antares launch of Cygnus #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1226628854070042624)

The range at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility is "green" for launch of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket at 5:39:30pm EST (2239:30 GMT) to kick off a Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station.

WATCH LIVE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/09/live-coverage-antares-rocket-poised-for-liftoff-from-virginia/ ... (https://t.co/JUDz5hE29s)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30051.jpg) Northrop Grumman‏ @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 55 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1226633836135636995)

We are go for launch! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png) Final count is underway with liftoff set for 5:39 p.m. ET. #DefiningPossible (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefiningPossible?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226635567317897217)

HOLD. They have 5 minutes to hold. #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash)


32 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226635724843298823)

Countdown will resume at 17:39:29 EST. #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 27 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226636623066157059)

New launch time is 17:44:59 EST (22:44:59 UTC).

ЦитироватьСтарый написал:
Мы летим или не летим?

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
И новое время старта

 

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏  @ChrisG_NSF    1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226582194874994693)

And this has just changed.    @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)  now targeting   17:41:59.577 EST   (   22:41:59:577 UTC   ) for the liftoff of  #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash)  with  #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash)  on  #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) .

Не рановато ли для миллисекунд то?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 54 сек назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1226637493010866176)

SCRUB.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1226637973141303298)

Abort called 2 min before launch - presumably they couldn't fix whatever the problem is in time for the end of the short launch window, as Wallops Island rotates east out from under the ISS orbital plane.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30051.jpg) Northrop Grumman‏ @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1226638651871895553)

We have aborted today's launch attempt of our NG-13 mission due to off-nominal data from the ground support equipment.

ЦитироватьU.S. Cygnus Cargo Craft Launch Scrubbed

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 9, 2020 at 6:15 pm

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket with a Cygnus resupply spacecraft Sunday February 2, 2020 after a scrubbed launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: NASA TV

Northrop Grumman's launch attempt of the NG CRS-13 mission was scrubbed due to off-nominal data from the ground support equipment. NASA will provide updates on the agency's website  (https://www.nasa.gov/live) .

Цитировать10 ФЕВ, 01:50 Обновлено 02:18
Запуск к МКС ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым кораблем Cygnus отменен
Запуск прервали из-за нештатных показаний наземного оборудования

ВАШИНГТОН, 10 февраля. /ТАСС/. Запуск ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым кораблем Cygnus к Международной космической станции (МКС) был отменен в воскресенье менее чем за три минуты до старта. Трансляция велась на сайте Национального управления США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Пуск с космодрома на острове Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния) в Атлантическом океане был запланирован на 17:39 по местному времени (01:39 мск), однако сначала он был перенесен на пять минут, а вскоре совсем отменен.

"Мы прервали сегодняшний запуск <...> из-за нештатных показаний наземного оборудования", - говорится в Twitter производящей Cygnus корпорации Northrop Grumman. Информация о том, когда состоится запуск, пока не поступала.

Cygnus должен был доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонны груза: продовольствие, предметы первой необходимости, оборудование для станции и приборы для проведения научных исследований. Стыковка корабля со станцией планировалась на 11 февраля.

Этот полет Cygnus должен стать вторым в рамках нового контракта NASA с Northrop Grumman. До 2024 года, согласно договоренностям, будет осуществлено минимум шесть запусков грузовых кораблей. В рамках предыдущего контракта было проведено 11 запусков к станции, еще один оказался неудачным.

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В новость были внесены изменения (02:18 мск) — добавлена информация по тексту

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1226651831528456193)

Antares/NG-13: Updated forecast: 85 percent no-go Monday, roughly the same for Tuesday, 60 percent no-go Wednesday; threats include thick clouds, possible rain and low ceilings; no word yet on new launch target

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg) Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1226681462092685313)

Update: Antares/Cygnus launch is rescheduled for Thursday Feb. 13 at 4:05 p.m. EST. Issue remains an off-nominal reading from a ground support sensor. #NG13  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

ЦитироватьNext Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Launch Attempt NET Feb. 13

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 9, 2020 at 8:48 pm

Northrop Grumman scrubbed tonight's Antares launch after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt to no earlier than Feb. 13 at 4:05 p.m. ET, due to an unfavorable weather forecast over the next two days, and time required to address the ground support issue.

NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 3:30pm ET. Teams will refresh 24-hour late load cargo the day before. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy. A launch Thursday would result in a capture of Cygnus on Saturday, Feb. 15. For more information on this mission, please visit www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman (http://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman) and NASA's homepage (https://www.nasa.gov/).


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(NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg)NASA Wallops‏ @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1226688517641777154)

Correction: Launch is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 13 at 4:06 p.m. EST.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) [URL=https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1226689777258377216]

Antares/NG-13: NASA has corrected the launch time for Antares/Cygnus on Thursday: it's 4:06:05pm EST; if that holds up, the Cygnus would reach the space station around 4:40am Saturday

ЦитироватьNASA ready to sending more plants and a new way to handle seeds to the International Space Station

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9 февр. 2020 г.

Sending people to the Moon and Mars requires understanding how to provide nutrition for astronauts who may be away from Earth for extended periods of time. One solution is growing food in space, which can be challenging. To learn more, scientists will send three types of leafy greens and a new way to handle seeds in space to the International Space Station.

Launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Northrop Grumman's 13th cargo resupply mission, the VEG-03 series of experiments will send a new crop, amara mustard, to the orbiting laboratory. Red romaine lettuce and 'extra dwarf' pak choi – which astronauts have grown and eaten in space – also will return to the station.

Researchers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida planted the pak choi and amara seeds in containers called plant pillows, but for red romaine lettuce, they inserted the seeds into a new type of seed-handling material called seed film. This water-soluble, dissolving film is the same material as a breath freshener strip. It will allow the crew to plant the seeds into pillows themselves, something that has never been done in orbit before. This could allow astronauts to pick and choose what crops they want to grow from a collection of seeds on the space station.

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ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman's CRS-13 Mission to the International Space Station: What's on Board

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9 февр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Cygnus Cargo Launch to the Space Station

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Трансляция началась 5 часов назад

ЦитироватьНАСА перенесло запуск грузового корабля к МКС
       Вашингтон. 10 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - В связи неблагоприятными погодными условиями и возникшими техническими проблемами на старте запуск ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus корпорации Northrop Grumman к Международной космической станции (МКС) отложен на несколько суток, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
      "NASA перенесло, по меньшей мере, на четверг 13 февраля в 04:05 (по времени Восточного побережья США, 00:05 мск в пятницу) следующую попытку запуска в связи с неблагоприятным прогнозом погоды в предстоящие двое суток и временем, необходимым для решения проблемы наземного обеспечения", - говорится в сообщении.

"Планировалось"

      Запуск планировалось осуществить в понедельник по московскому времени с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, на котором расположен на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
       Корабль в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
       Это будет уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

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ЦитироватьNext Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Launch Attempt NET Feb. 13

  Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 9, 2020 at 8:48 pm

Northrop Grumman scrubbed tonight's Antares launch after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt to no earlier than   Feb. 13  at  4:05 p.m. ET  , due to an unfavorable weather forecast over the next two days, and time required to address the ground support issue.

NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at   3:30pm ET  . Teams will refresh 24-hour late load cargo the day before. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy. A launch Thursday would result in a   capture   of Cygnus on Saturday,   Feb. 15  . For more information on this mission, please visit  www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman (http://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman)  and NASA's  homepage (https://www.nasa.gov/) .

     
  (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)  

ЦитироватьNext Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Launch Attempt: Feb. 14; 80% Favorable Weather Conditions

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 11, 2020 at 11:47 am

Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt for Feb. 14 at 3:43 p.m. EST to take advantage of an improved weather forecast, to provide time for testing the replaced ground sensors and to allow for refresh of critical late load science. The weather forecast calls for 80% favorable weather conditions. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 3:15 p.m. EST.

On Sunday, Northrop Grumman scrubbed its Antares launch (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2020/02/09/northrop-grumman-crs-13-mission-launch-scrubbed/) after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy. A launch Friday would result in a capture of Cygnus on Sunday, Feb. 16 at approximately 5:11 a.m. EST. Rendezvous and capture coverage begins at 3:45 a.m. Installation coverage will begin at 6:45 a.m. For more information on this mission, please visit www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman (http://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman) and NASA's homepage (https://www.nasa.gov/).

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(NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

ЦитироватьNAVAREA IV 137/20

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
VIRGINIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
    132045Z TO 132245Z FEB ALTERNATE
     142015Z TO 142215Z, 152000Z TO 152200Z,
    161930Z TO 162130Z, 171915Z TO 172100Z,
    181845Z TO 182045Z AND 191830Z TO 192015Z FEB
    IN AREAS WITHIN:
        A. 29 MILES OF 37-33.7N 75-01.0W
        B. 36 MILES OF 36-57.3N 74-01.0W
        C. 99 MILES OF 28-58.8N 64-19.6W
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 119/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 192115Z FEB 20.//

Authority: WALLOPS 101132Z FEB 20.

Date: 101154Z FEB 20
Cancel: 19211500 Feb 20

Цитировать23:44, 11 февраля 2020
НАСА еще на сутки отложило запуск грузового корабля Cygnus к МКС

Москва. 11 февраля. INTERFAX.RU - Запуск ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus корпорации Northrop Grumman к Международной космической станции (МКС) перенесен еще на сутки - на 14 февраля, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

"Northrop Grumman и NASA назначили следующую попытку запуска корабля на 14 февраля в 15:43 по времени Восточного побережья США (в 23:43 мск) с тем, чтобы дождаться улучшения погоды, воспользоваться дополнительным временем для проверки замененных датчиков наземных систем управления, а также обновить загруженные перед стартом важнейшие материалы для проведения исследований. Погодные условия в районе космодрома на 80% благоприятны для проведения запуска", - говорится в сообщении.

Согласно скорректированным планам, 16 февраля американский грузовой корабль должен будет состыковаться с МКС.

Первоначально запуск планировалось осуществить еще в понедельник по московскому времени с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который расположен на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния. Он был отменен менее чем за три минуты до старта в связи возникшими техническими проблемами в наземных системах управления, а также неблагоприятными погодными условиями. Повторную попытку планировалось предпринять 13 февраля.

Корабль в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонны груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Это будет уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

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ЦитироватьStation Crew Demos Wi-Fi Power, Sets Up For Rodent Research
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 12, 2020 at 2:18 pm
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The Cygnus cargo craft from Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) is counting down to a launch from Virginia on Friday at 3:43 p.m. EST. The U.S. space freighter, loaded with 7,300 pounds of science, supplies and hardware (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview.pdf), will arrive Sunday for a robotic capture with the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) at 4 a.m. NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) will cover all the launch, capture and installation activities live.

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events

Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

FEBRUARY
February 16, Sunday
2:30 a.m. - Coverage of the Rendezvous and Capture of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus CRS-13 Cargo Craft at the International Space Station (Capture scheduled at 4 a.m. EST) - Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
6 a.m. - Coverage of the Installation of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus CRS-13 Cargo Craft to the International Space Station - Johnson Space Center (All Channels)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186424.jpg) (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) NASA Wallops✔@NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 10:29 PM - Feb 12, 2020 (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1227676077646123008)

The @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) CRS-13 launch scheduled for Friday, Feb. 14 at 3:43 p.m. EST has an 80% chance of favorable weather conditions. We'll continue to monitor leading up to liftoff.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/43289.png) (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) NASA HQ PHOTO✔@nasahqphoto (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) 2:30 AM - Feb 13, 2020 (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/1227736853182328833)

The @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) rocket is lowered into a horizontal position @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) to refresh and reload the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft!

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Цитировать00:56, 14 февраля 2020
Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus стартует к МКС

Москва. 14 февраля. INTERFAX.RU - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus в пятницу со второй попытки должна стартовать к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Запуск намечен на 15:43 по времени Восточного побережья США (в 23:43 по Москве) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.

Первоначально старт ракеты с "грузовиком" к МКС планировалось осуществить еще 10 февраля по московскому времени, однако он был отменен менее чем за три минуту до запуска в связи с выявленными неполадками в работе наземных систем управления и неблагоприятными погодными условиями. Далее запуск был перенесен еще на сутки для проверки работы наземных систем - до 14 февраля.

По сообщению NASA, после неудачной попытки запуска были проведены работы по замене датчиков наземных систем управления и проверена их работоспособность. Кроме того, перед предстоящей попыткой запуска были заново загружены важнейшие свежие материалы для проведения орбитальных исследований.

Погодные условия в районе космодрома в пятницу на 80% благоприятны для проведения запуска.

Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 16 февраля. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося со станцией "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором станции Canadarm-2 и последующим присоединением его к американскому модулю Unity.

Запуск осуществляется в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль. Cygnus должен будет доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

В частности, корабль везет на станцию мобильную космическую лабораторию для проведения экспериментов по выращиванию тканей и клеток в космосе, изучению последствий воздействия микрогравитации на потерю костной массы, а также бактерии кишечной палочки для опытов по производству биотоплива. Кроме того, после расстыковки с МКС на борту Cygnus планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости.

Корабль пробудет в составе МКС три месяца - до 11 мая. 25 мая по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.

Это будет уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

ЦитироватьWeather Still 80% Favorable for Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Launch Feb. 14

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 13, 2020 at 6:08 pm

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its 13th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) at 3:43 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 14. The latest weather forecast stands at 80% favorable for the launch of the company's Antares rocket from Pad-0A at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. At this time, the main weather concerns are scattered cumulus clouds and high upper level wind for a launch attempt on Friday afternoon.

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is lowered into a horizontal position to refresh and reload the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at launch Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Northrop Grumman named the NG CRS-13 Cygnus spacecraft after former astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence Jr (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2020/02/07/ng-13-cygnus-named-for-maj-robert-h-lawrence-jr/). It is the company's tradition to name each Cygnus after an individual who has played a pivotal part in the legacy of human spaceflight. Major Lawrence was selected in honor of his prominent place in history as the first African American astronaut.

ЦитироватьNASA TV Coverage Set for Feb. 14 CRS-13 Launch to Space Station

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 13, 2020 at 6:12 pm

Northrop Grumman's next NASA-contracted commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station is targeted for launch at 3:43 p.m. EST, Friday, Feb. 14. Live coverage of the launch will begin at 3:15 p.m. on NASA TV and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live).

The company's 13th commercial resupply services mission will launch its Antares rocket, carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. On Feb. 9, Northrop Grumman scrubbed its Antares launch (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2020/02/09/northrop-grumman-crs-13-mission-launch-scrubbed/) after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy.

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is lowered into a horizontal position to refresh and reload the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at launch Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Loaded with approximately 7,500 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, the Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Robert H. Lawrence (https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/Space_NG-13_Robert_Lawrence_Biography.pdf), will arrive at the space station Sunday, Feb. 16 at about 4 a.m. EST. NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) will grapple Cygnus and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will be acting as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port.

NASA TV coverage of the spacecraft's arrival will begin at 2:30 a.m., and installation coverage will begin at 6 a.m.

The prelaunch news conference and What's on Board briefing took place on Feb. 8 and can be viewed online:

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• Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Mission: Prelaunch News Conference (https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0208_%20Northrop%20Grumman%20CRS-13%20Prelaunch%20Briefing)
  
• Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Mission: What's on Board
   (https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0208_%20Northrop%20Grumman%20CRS-13%20Whats%20on%20Board%20Briefing)
  
• Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Mission: What's On Board Highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raEcGoy3xvE)
  

Research and technology (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) onboard will include:

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• Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility that can perform experiments without crew assistance for up to a month
  
• OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149), an investigation of the molecular mechanisms behind bone loss in microgravity
  
• Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079), which studies the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on viruses that target human bacteria without harming human cells or the body's beneficial bacteria population
  
• Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)), which will examine the development and growth of fire in different materials and environmental conditions
  
• Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657), which provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy
  

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 https://www.interfax.ru/world/695292 (https://www.interfax.ru/world/695292)
 

Цитировать00:56, 14 февраля 2020
  Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus стартует к МКС  


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В частности, корабль везет на станцию

 бактерии кишечной палочки 

Цитироватьsas написал:
МКС - самый надежный карантин, и тут БАЦ, лЭбедь!!! Черный.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 22 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228353199154790402)

The countdown for today's @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) launch of #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) with #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) to the Space Station is underway in Virginia.  Teams have confirmed "no conjunctions" in the 5-minutes launch window.

Launch is targeted for 15:43:33 EST (20:43:33 UTC).

Цитировать02/14/2020 19:23 Stephen Clark

The countdown began on time to begin final preps for today's 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT) blastoff of the 14-story Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The Antares rocket will soon be powered up, and the launch team is going through a checklist of testing to ensure all systems are in good shape. The launch pad is also scheduled to be evacuated of all personnel early in the countdown sequence.

Propellant loading should begin around 90 minutes prior to liftoff.

Цитировать02/14/2020 19:28 Stephen Clark

All personnel have evacuated the launch pad and are at a nearby fallback area, clearing the way for the launch team to begin powering up the vehicle for pre-launch testing.

Цитировать02/14/2020 19:37 Stephen Clark

The launch team has powered up the Antares launch vehicle to begin systems checks.

Цитировать02/14/2020 19:58 Stephen Clark

The launch team has uploaded the optimal launch time and final vehicle mass numbers into the Antares flight computer for today's mission.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228362512695005190)

#Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) launch time:
T0: 15:43:33 EST (20:43:33 UTC) but...
Optimal launch: 15:46:03.116 EST (20:46:03.116 UTC).

Optimal is center of the window.  T0 is the opening of the window.⁠

Цитироватьsol написал:
бактерии кишечной палочки

Цитировать02/14/2020 20:03 Stephen Clark

The propellant loading timeline sequencer has been initiated, beginning steps to ready the Antares rocket and ground systems for filling of the first stage with liquid propellants later in the countdown.


02/14/2020 20:04 Stephen Clark

These initial preparatory steps include chilldown conditioning of the launch pad's cryogenic propellant lines, purges and other activities. Propellant flows into the Antares rocket's first stage will begin around 90 minutes prior to liftoff.

Цитировать02/14/2020 20:09 Stephen Clark

The countdown is moving into testing of the Antares rocket's beacon and telemetry transmitters. This will be followed by checks of the vehicle's flight termination system.

Цитировать02/14/2020 20:23 Stephen Clark

The launch team is proceeding with testing of the Antares rocket's flight termination system, which would be used to destroy the vehicle if it flew off course after liftoff.

Цитировать02/14/2020 20:42 Stephen Clark

The Antares launch team in Virginia is monitoring upper level winds today ahead of launch at 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT).

The latest weather balloon data showed winds aloft to be unacceptable for flight, but conditions are expected to improve this afternoon.

Цитировать02/14/2020 20:57 Stephen Clark

The launch team is now proceeding with activation of the first stage's hydraulic systems.

Цитировать02/14/2020 21:17 Stephen Clark

A series of slew, or steering checks, of the Antares rocket's propulsion system has been accomplished.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185073.png) Flight Club‏ @flightclubio (https://twitter.com/flightclubio) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1228372713393156096)

To illustrate that T-0 is at the opening of the window and not at the optimal moment, notice in this clip that the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) plane is _ever so slightly_ misaligned with the ISS orbital plane. If #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) launched a few minutes later, the planes would align perfectly https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228362512695005190 ... (https://t.co/mIbVCHEyWP)

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1228372384140279808/pu/vid/1318x720/f_ORffn0PiUbh82g.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1228372384140279808/pu/vid/1318x720/f_ORffn0PiUbh82g.mp4) (0:11)

Цитировать02/14/2020 21:45 Stephen Clark

Launch conductor Adam Lewis says the Antares team is continuing to assess the impact of upper level winds on today's launch attempt. The team has multiple trajectory files that can be uploaded into the Antares guidance computer based on upper level winds measured by weather balloons during the countdown.

But weather balloon data so far today suggest winds aloft are out of limits for any of the available trajectory files. More balloon data will be coming in to the launch team before launch time.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1228390271735476225)

There are no technical issues in the Antares countdown in Virginia, but teams continue to assess upper level winds before proceeding with a launch opportunity today at 3:43:34pm EST (2043:34 GMT) on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228391505682927616)

And WOW.  We're about to find out just want #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) can handle in terms of Upper Level Winds. (Yes, I know sheer is a component, but so is the actual wind speed.) ULWs increase as you go up, as seen below.
#Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)
https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228390115468165120 ... (https://t.co/qnDAEAtWcW)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228392246346645504)

And #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) is now it's planned built-in-hold ahead of fueling operations.  Standing by for weather update.
#Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

Цитировать02/14/2020 21:53 Stephen Clark

The countdown has entered a pre-planned built-in hold. An upd ated status on the countdown from Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis shows the Antares rocket, the Cygnus spacecraft and the Wallops range are all "green" at this time for liftoff at 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT).

The Cygnus spacecraft se t for launch aboard the Antares rocket is named the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence in honor of Air Force Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. Lawrence was the first African American to be selected as an astronaut in the U.S. space program.

The S.S. Robert Lawrence is packed with 7,445 pounds (3,377 kilograms) of supplies and experiments heading to the International Space Station. Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:

NASA provided the following breakdown of the cargo manifest:

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• 3,501 pounds (1,588 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
  
• 2,129 pounds (966 kilograms) of scientific investigations
  
• 1,570 pounds (712 kilograms) of crew supplies
  
• 179 pounds (81 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
  
• 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of computer resources
  

The Cygnus supply ship is expected to remain berthed at the International Space Station's Unity module until May 11, when it will be released by the station's robotic arm.

The automated cargo carrier, loaded with trash after its departure from the station, will perform an in-flight combustion experiment before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up over the South Pacific Ocean to end its mission.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228393545133850625)

Weather brief: No cumulus cloud rule violation expected. No precip to be concerned with. Upper Level Winds... 168 kts at 35,000 ft.  "Very slight decrease. Have hit max winds. But slow decrease.  T0, 155-160 kts max winds." 1/2


2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228393545935007745)

2/2 - "Couple extra balloons in the air now.  Trend looks favorable but closely compacted. No issues to be concerned with EXPECT Upper Level Winds."


1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228393791175958529)

3/2.  For tomorrow, "Upper Level Winds A LOT better tomorrow, around 100 kts."

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228394086270427137)

Final Upper Level Wind v. trajectory status in ~20 minutes.

Цитировать02/14/2020 22:05 Stephen Clark

The launch weather officer at Wallops just briefed the Antares team on conditions for launch. Upper level winds remain the primary concern, with the latest weather ballon indicating maximum winds of around 168 knots between 30,000 and 35,000 feet.

The wind speeds aloft are decreasing slightly, with winds of around 155 to 160 knots expected at launch time this afternoon.

The launch team is evaluating whether the upper level wind conditions might improve enough to be safe for launch of the Antares rocket today.

Upper level winds are predicted to be much improved Saturday, with maximum winds less than 100 knots, according to the Wallops weather team.

Meanwhile, conditions at the surface remain favorable for liftoff today, with a 90 percent probability of acceptable weather. That figure does not account for upper level winds.

At launch time, forecasters expect partly to mostly cloudy skies and a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

Цитировать02/14/2020 22:10 Stephen Clark

SCRUB. The Antares team has scrubbed today's launch attempt due to unfavorable upper level winds. Another launch attempt is planned Saturday at 3:21 p.m. EST (2021 GMT) to begin a space station resupply mission.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228396597802913795)

Tomorrow's launch attempt will come at 15:21 EST (20:21 UTC). #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash).

Upper Level Winds expected to be much better and favorable tomorrow at ~100 kts.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31159.jpg) NASA Wallops‏ @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops/status/1228397348843376640)

Rocket, check (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125618.png) Chocolate, check (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125618.png) Upper level winds? Unfortunately, check. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125618.png)

We are standing down from today's launch attempt of @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s CRS-13 mission. Liftoff has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST.

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ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman's 13th Cargo Launch Rescheduled for Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 14, 2020 at 2:33 pm

Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html) and NASA have rescheduled today's Antares launch attempt for the CRS-13 Cygnus resupply mission due to  strong upper level winds. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy.

The next launch attempt will be Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST. The weather forecast calls for 95% favorable weather conditions. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 2:45 p.m. EST.

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen at sunrise on Pad-0A, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

A launch Saturday would result in a capture of Cygnus on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at approximately 4:05 a.m. Rendezvous and capture coverage begins at 2:30 a.m. Installation coverage will begin at 6:00 a.m.

Цитировать22:54, 14 февраля 2020
НАСА в третий раз перенесло запуск грузового корабля Cygnus к МКС

Москва. 14 февраля. INTERFAX.RU - Запуск ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus корпорации Northrop Grumman к Международной космической станции (МКС) из-за непогоды перенесен еще на сутки - на 15 февраля, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

"Мы отменили сегодняшний запуск. Старт миссии CRS-13 Northrop Grumman перенесен на субботу, 15 февраля в 15:21 (по времени Восточного побережья США, 23:21 мск)" - говорится в сообщении.

Указывается, что такое решение принято в связи с "сильным ветром в верхних слоях атмосферы".

Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС теперь запланирована на 18 февраля.

В первый раз пуск был отменен 9 февраля (в ночь на 10 февраля мск) за три минуты до старта. Причиной стали неполадки в наземных системах управления.

На следующий день НАСА вновь сообщило о переносе запуска "грузовика" - на этот раз, "чтобы дождаться улучшения погоды", а также еще раз проверить замененные датчики наземных систем управления и обновить загруженные перед стартом материалы для проведения исследований. Тогда запуск планировалось осуществить 14 февраля.

Корабль в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонны груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Это будет уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

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ЦитироватьLatest Weather Update for Northrop Grumman's CRS-13 Launch: 85% Favorable

Isabelle Yan (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/author/iyan/)
Posted Feb 14, 2020 at 3:15 pm

The latest weather forecast stands at 85% favorable for the launch of Northrop Grumman (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/northrop-grumman.html)'s Antares rocket from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home) in Virginia. Launch has been rescheduled (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2020/02/14/northrop-grummans-13th-cargo-launch-rescheduled-for-feb-15-at-321-p-m-est/) for 3:21 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 15 due to strong upper level winds on Friday.

At this time, the main weather concern for a Saturday afternoon launch is cloud ceiling height.

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen on Pad-0A, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Northrop Grumman's 13th contracted cargo resupply mission (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview_high_res_0.pdf) with NASA will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the International Space Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1228427129722896386)

The precise, to-the-second opening of the #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) launch window on Saturday, 15 February is 15:21:00 EST (20:21:00 UTC).  That might adjust by one second forward or backward tomorrow.  But right now it's a dead on :00 second launch.
#Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)
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NASA confirms that all late load cargo items on #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) are good for Saturday and Sunday launch attempts of #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) to the Station and do not need to be swapped out for those attempts. #NG13  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash)

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Цитировать02/14/2020 21:53   Stephen Clark

The countdown has entered a pre-planned built-in hold. An upd ated status on the countdown from Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis shows the Antares rocket, the Cygnus spacecraft and the Wallops range are all "green" at this time for liftoff at 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT).

The Cygnus spacecraft se t for launch aboard the Antares rocket is named the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence in honor of Air Force Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. Lawrence was the first African American to be selected as an astronaut in the U.S. space program.

The S.S. Robert Lawrence is packed with 7,445 pounds (3,377 kilograms) of supplies and experiments heading to the International Space Station. Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:

NASA provided the following breakdown of the cargo manifest:
  3,501 pounds (1,588 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
  2,129 pounds (966 kilograms) of scientific investigations
  1,570 pounds (712 kilograms) of crew supplies
  179 pounds (81 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
  66 pounds (30 kilograms) of computer resources
  The Cygnus supply ship is expected to remain berthed at the International Space Station's Unity module until May 11, when it will be released by the station's robotic arm.

The automated cargo carrier, loaded with trash after its departure from the station, will perform an in-flight combustion experiment before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up over the South Pacific Ocean to end its mission.

ЦитироватьCtas написал:
Первоисточник:  https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview.pdf (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview.pdf)

ЦитироватьFeb. 14, 2020

Antares Launch Rescheduled for Feb. 15

The launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility has been rescheduled for 3:21 p.m. EST, Saturday, Feb. 15. The weather forecast is 85 percent favorable for launch. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 2:45 p.m.

Northrop Grumman and NASA rescheduled the Feb. 14 Antares launch attempt due to strong upper level winds. The Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft remain healthy.

The Wallops NASA Visitor Center will open at 11:30 a.m., Feb. 15, for launch viewing. Additional locations for catching the launch are Robert Reed Park on Chincoteague Island or Beach Road spanning the area between Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. The beach at the Assateague Island National Seashore/Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will not be open during the launch.

Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 10:20 a.m. on the Wallops Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops) site. 

A launch Saturday would result in a capture of Cygnus on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at approximately 4:05 a.m. Rendezvous and capture coverage begins at 2:30 a.m. Installation coverage will begin at 6 a.m.

Last Updated: Feb. 14, 2020
Editor: Jeremy Eggers

ЦитироватьУказывается, что такое решение принято в связи с "сильным ветром в верхних слоях атмосферы".

Цитироватьtriage написал:
 

ЦитироватьУказывается, что такое решение принято в связи с "сильным ветром в верхних слоях атмосферы".

ну и где любители ветра?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185407.jpg) Francis Murphy‏ @fxsmurphy (https://twitter.com/fxsmurphy) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/fxsmurphy/status/1228667033849663488)

Good Morning! Are we ready for a flight. :-) I am. Caught the sun peaking right over the rocket this morning. @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops) @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) #Antares (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antares?src=hash) – Wallops Launch Pad 0-A (https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A11072c08bcd55000)

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Цитировать02/15/2020 18:54 Stephen Clark

The countdown began on time to begin final preps for today's 3:21:01 p.m. EST (2021:01 GMT) blastoff of the 14-story Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The Antares rocket will soon be powered up, and the launch team is going through a checklist of testing to ensure all systems are in good shape. The launch pad is also scheduled to be evacuated of all personnel early in the countdown sequence.

Propellant loading should begin around 90 minutes prior to liftoff.

Upper level winds, which were out-of-limits for an Antares launch yesterday, are much improved today. Yesterday's winds aloft peaked at nearly 170 knots, but today's weather data suggest maximum upper level winds around 82 knots.

With a high-pressure weather system in place over the mid-Atlantic region, forecasters expect dry conditions today. There's a 90 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time.

The forecast for today's launch time anticipates scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, broken clouds at 35,000 feet, unrestricted visibility, southeast winds of 6 to 12 knots, and a temperature of around 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

Цитировать02/15/2020 19:17 Stephen Clark

All personnel have evacuated the launch pad and are at a nearby fallback area, clearing the way for the launch team to begin powering up the vehicle for pre-launch testing.

Цитировать02/15/2020 19:19 Stephen Clark

The launch team has powered up the Antares launch vehicle to begin systems checks.

Цитировать02/15/2020 20:25 Stephen Clark

A "red team" is being deployed to pad 0A to troubleshoot unresponsive gaseous nitrogen heaters.

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The Antares launch team reports the "red team" was able to reset heaters at the launch pad. The countdown is continuing to tick toward launch at 3:21:01pm EST (2021:01 GMT) from Wallops Island, Virginia.

Цитировать02/15/2020 20:55 Stephen Clark

A series of slew, or steering checks, of the Antares rocket's propulsion system has been accomplished.

Цитировать02/15/2020 21:33 Stephen Clark

The countdown has entered a pre-planned built-in hold. An updated status on the countdown from Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis shows the Antares rocket, the Cygnus spacecraft and the Wallops range are all "green" at this time for liftoff at 3:21 p.m. EST (2021 GMT).

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Weather conditions on Virginia's Eastern Shore continue to be favorable for liftoff today of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket and Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station. Liftoff is set for 3:21:01pm EST (2021:01 GMT).

Цитировать02/15/2020 21:49 Stephen Clark

The launch weather officer at Wallops just briefed the Antares team on conditions for launch. Weather continues to look favorable for today's liftoff time set for 3:21:01 p.m. EST (2021:01 GMT).

The weather officer continues to predict a 90 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time today, and he says confidence is building that conditions will be favorable.

Upper level winds today are much improved over yesterday, with maximum winds this afternoon out of the west at 76 knots at an altitude of 40,000 feet.

At launch time, forecasters expect scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, broken clouds at 30,000 feet, southeast winds of 6 to 10 knots, and a temperature of 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Northrop Grumman launch conductor Adam Lewis has polled the Antares team, and all stations are "go" to begin filling the liquid-fueled first stage with RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen.  Liftoff remains set for 3:21pm EST (2021 GMT) from Virginia.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:07 Stephen Clark

Propellant has started pumping into the Antares rocket's first stage. About 21,000 gallons of RP-1, a high-refined rocket-grade kerosene, and about 41,000 gallons of liquid oxygen will be loaded into the first stage over the next half-hour.

The kerosene is stored at roughly room temperature and the liquid oxygen is chilled to around minus 298 degrees Fahrenheit. The oxygen will slowly boil off during the countdown, and liquid oxygen will continue flowing into the rocket until shortly before liftoff.

One change introduced by the Antares 230 rocket, which made its inaugural flight in 2016, is the elimination of "sub-cooled" liquid oxygen chilled and densified at minus 383 degrees Fahrenheit for the Antares rocket's old AJ26 engines. The RD-181s consume the oxidizer at its boiling point.

The first stage tanks are designed by Yuzhnoye and built by Yuzhmash in Ukraine based on heritage from the Zenit rocket. The liquid oxygen tank is positioned in the upper part of the 12.8-foot-diameter stage and the RP-1 tank is in the lower part of the stage.

The first stage's two RD-181 engines will consume the liquid propellant during a 3-minute, 14-second burn.

The Antares second stage, a Castor 30XL motor built by Northrop Grumman, is propelled by solid fuel already loaded into the rocket.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:08 Stephen Clark

Gripper arms on the transporter-erector-launcher have opened, and the structure has moved to the so-called "pre-pullback" position in preparation for its retract at liftoff.

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Super-cold liquid oxygen is being loaded into the Antares rocket at this time.

All systems are "go" for launch at 3:21:01pm EST (2021:01 GMT) to begin a resupply mission to the International Space Station with nearly 4 tons of cargo & experiments.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:30 Stephen Clark

The Antares' Gryo Compass guidance system is being aligned and configured for today's launch.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:41 Stephen Clark

Forty minutes until liftoff. The Cygnus spacecraft on this flight is carrying 3,377 kilograms, or 7,445 pounds, of supplies to the International Space Station. This is the 10th flight of the enlarged Cygnus pressurized cargo module from Thales Alenia Space, providing 25 percent more interior volume for supplies. The spacecraft measures about 20 feet tall, and the pressurized cargo module has a volume of about 27 cubic meters, or 950 cubic feet.

Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 12th Antares rocket launch
  
• 2nd launch of the Antares 230+ configuration
  
• 18th orbital launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
  
• 14th launch of a Cygnus spacecraft
  
• 1st orbital launch from Wallops in 2020
  
• 4th orbital launch from the United States in 2020
  
• 12th global orbital launch attempt in 2020
  

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:42 Stephen Clark

Engineers have selected and loaded the preferred trajectory file into the Antares flight computer at this time. This trajectory file takes into account today's upper level wind conditions.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:45 Stephen Clark

Three small satellites are hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard the Cygnus supply ship.

Two of the miniature spacecraft are sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Another was developed at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.

The Red-Eye 2 microsatellite is the second in a series of Red-Eye satellites developed by DARPA. The Red-Eye satellites aim "to develop and demonstrate technologies that increase the utility of low-cost microsatellites," according to NASA.

The first Red-Eye satellite launched to the station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship last year, then was released from the NanoRacks Kaber deployer in June 2019.

"Red-Eye will demonstrate lightweight, low-power, gimballed inter-satellite communications links appropriate for the class of satellites approximately 100 kg (220 pounds) in size," NASA wrote in a summary of the experiment. "Red-Eye will also demonstrate new attitude control components, onboard processors, and software-defined radios."

Two CubeSat-class satellites are also aboard the Cygnus supply ship for release from the space station's smaller satellite deployer.

The Deformable Mirror, or DeMi, spacecraft is about the size of a small suitcase. Developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the deformable mirror instrument will demonstrate technologies that could be used on future space telescopes making high-contrast observations of exoplanets around bright stars. Such precision observations, which will use coronagraphs to blot out the light of the star, require the use of deformable mirrors inside the telescope that can be adjusted using internal actuators, according to MIT.

The deformable mirrors "can correct image plane aberrations and speckles caused by imperfections, thermal distortions, and diffraction in the telescope and optics that would otherwise corrupt the wavefront and allow leaking starlight to contaminate coronagraphic images," MIT scientists wrote in a summary of the demonstration.

DARPA is funding the DeMi experiment, and Aurora Flight Sciences is managing the mission.

NASA's TechEdSat 10 nanosatellite is the next in a line of experimental CubeSats developed at the Ames Research Center in California. According to NASA, the TechEdSat 10 spacecraft will function as a high temperature, accurate deorbit reentry nanosatellite.

Цитировать02/15/2020 22:46 Stephen Clark

The Wallops range is "green" for toxic and debris rules. These rules ensure debris and toxic vapors from the launcher do not spread over populated areas in the event of an accident.

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Launch conductor Adam Lewis just concluded his final prelaunch readiness poll. All stations gave a "go" for launch, with no problems reported that could prevent liftoff of the Antares rocket from Virginia at 3:21:01 p.m. EST (2021:01 GMT).

Цитировать02/15/2020 23:13 Stephen Clark

T-minus 8 minutes and counting. The countdown remains on track, targeting liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 3:21:01 p.m. EST (2021:01 GMT).

The range is confirmed "go" for launch.

Цитировать02/15/2020 23:16 Stephen Clark

T-minus 4 minutes, 30 seconds. The Antares rocket is confirmed on internal power.

Цитировать02/15/2020 23:18 Stephen Clark

T-minus 3 minutes and counting. Auto sequence start. A computer-controlled sequencer is now managing the final minutes of the Antares countdown.

ЦитироватьAstro Cat написал:
Не петь, не рисовать, не показать нормально. ULA )))

ЦитироватьAstro Cat написал:
Не петь, не рисовать, не показать нормально. ULA )))

ЦитироватьNot написал:
 

ЦитироватьАга, еще одно подтверждение отличной работы лучшего в мире двигателя.

ЦитироватьЗапущенный к МКС американский грузовой корабль Cygnus вышел на околоземную орбиту
       Вашингтон. 15 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus с грузами для экипажа Международной космической станции (МКС) в субботу выведен на орбиту Земли ракетой-носителем Antares, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).
       Корабль Cygnus успешно отделился от второй ступени ракеты-носителя Antares, сообщило американское космическое агентство.
      "Отделение корабля от носителя подтвеждено, он взял курс к станции", - отметили в NASA.
       Как сообщалось, запуск ракеты-носителя Antares с грузовым кораблем Cygnus был осуществлен в 15:21 по времени Восточного побережья США (в 23:21 мск) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
       Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 18 февраля в 04:05 по времени Восточного побережья США (12:05 мск).

"Подробности"

Она будет осуществляться путем захвата "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС, которым будет управлять американский астронавт Эндрю Морган, и последующим присоединением его по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне (штат Техас) к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity.
      Cygnus должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований. Корабль, в частности, везет на станцию мобильную космическую лабораторию для проведения экспериментов по выращиванию тканей и клеток в космосе, изучению последствий воздействия микрогравитации на потерю костной массы, а также бактерии кишечной палочки для опытов по производству биотоплива.
       Запуск осуществлен в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, по снабжению МКС.
       Американский "грузовик" пробудет в составе МКС три месяца - до 11 мая. После расстыковки с МКС Cygnus выведет на орбиту малые спутники, а на его борту планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости. 25 мая по командам с ЦУПа NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.
       Это уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск корабля Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
       Cygnus состоит из двух модулей цилиндрической формы: оборудованного солнечными батареями служебного модуля и герметичного грузового модуля.
       В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

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ЦитироватьNG-13: Antares 230+ launches S.S. Robert H. Lawrence Cygnus

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15 февр. 2020 г.

ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman Antares and Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station

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Трансляция началась 78 минут назад

Цитироватьandr59 написал:
Так там еще и русская речь шла фоном и голос ребенка и все это в течение нескольких секунд..Что это такое я подумал?

Как пишет Крис Би - были проблемы с микрофоном.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31676.png) NASA HQ PHOTO‏ @nasahqphoto (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/1228784454266707968)

We have liftoff of @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s Antares with the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) cargo spacecraft onboard full of science and supplies for the crew living and working on the  @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) from @NASA_Wallops (https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops)!

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Official first motion time for today's Antares launch was 3:21:04.9 p.m. EST (2021:04.9 GMT).

Цитироватьandr59 написал:
Так там еще и русская речь шла фоном и голос ребенка и все это в течение нескольких секунд..Что это такое я подумал?

Как пишет Крис Би - были проблемы с микрофоном.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30051.jpg) Northrop Grumman‏ @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1228802391903997952)

Solar arrays are fully deployed on the S.S. Robert Lawrence, Jr. #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash). Next stop: @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).


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The @NorthropGrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) CRS-13 mission successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at 3:21 p.m. EST.

The Cygnus spacecraft's solar panels successfully deployed. Next stop, the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)!

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ЦитироватьU.S. Cygnus Cargo Ship Blasts Off to Station for Tuesday Delivery

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 15, 2020 at 3:36 pm

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft launches on time atop the Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: NASA TV

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the station with approximately 7,500 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 15 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the time of liftoff, the International Space Station was flying 258 statute miles over the western Pacific, northeast of the Northern Mariana Island.

The spacecraft launched on an Antares rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops. Automated command to initiate solar array deploy will begin at 4:40 p.m., about one hour and 19 minutes after launch. Solar array deployment will take about 30 minutes. Confirmation of solar deployment will be shared on the launch blog (https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman) and social media at @NASA_Wallops (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_NASA-5FWallops&d=DwMGaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=DjCOY7g3Ql3dG1aBogkWRnB4XogRnuoZFZAyoFHDGSI&m=SeCe7kdL_6a21FHaZjTqd2xzX76ycqaAX_YxIb2S9XM&s=HInJhZm6TE0KAVAHqHqbCSuvblpwogxtm_umObLXgCw&e=) and @space_station (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_space-5Fstation&d=DwMFAg&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=DjCOY7g3Ql3dG1aBogkWRnB4XogRnuoZFZAyoFHDGSI&m=UlZgIuaCd4HITjENPWaheYJMbPVdvm6sSKa0bWKZkeg&s=1o-zK-NROXPJctijRyp5s_jzqhem0-U-Biyzwm4BIpo&e=).

Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting laboratory around 4:05 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival will begin at 2:30 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live). NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan#_blank) will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus, while NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) monitors telemetry. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until May.

The spacecraft's arrival brings more than 7,500 pounds of research and supplies to space station. Here are some of the scientific investigations:

Better Tissue and Cell Culturing in Space

Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility, offers investigators a quick-turnaround platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology experiments. Such experiments are critical for determining how microgravity affects human physiology and identifying ways to mitigate negative effects. The platform can work in multiple configurations, allowing investigators to tailor the facility to their needs.

Mochii

The Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657) investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station. This capability could accelerate answers to many scientific inquiries and mission decisions and serve the public as a powerful and unique microgravity research platform.

Examining Bone Loss in Microgravity

Crew members experience bone loss in orbit, stemming from the lack of gravity acting on their bones. OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) investigates the molecular mechanisms that dictate this bone loss by examining osteoblasts, cells in the body that form bone, and osteoclasts, which dissolve bone. A better understanding of these mechanisms could lead to more effective prevention of astronaut bone loss during space missions.

Fighting Bacteria with Phages

Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079) examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on phage and bacterial host interactions, including phage specificity for a bacterial host and host resistance to specific phages. A better understanding of the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on bacteriophages and hosts could result in significant developments for phage technology, ultimately helping protect the health of astronauts on future missions.

(Do Not) Light My Fire

The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation examines fire development and growth in different materials and environmental conditions, fire detection and monitoring, and post-fire cleanup capabilities. It is part of a series of fire investigations conducted in the Cygnus resupply vehicle after its departure from space station, eliminating exposure of humans or occupied spacecraft to fire danger.


Northrop Grumman named the NG CRS-13 Cygnus spacecraft after former astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence Jr (https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/Space_NG-13_Robert_Lawrence_Biography.pdf). Major Lawrence was selected in honor of his prominent place in history as the first African American astronaut.

This is Northrop Grumman's 13th cargo flight to the space station and will support dozens of new and existing investigations.

ЦитироватьFeb. 16, 2020
RELEASE 20-014

NASA Science, Cargo Heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman Mission

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A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.
Credits: NASA

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,000 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space station at about 4:05 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival will begin at 2:30 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live).

Expedition 62 astronaut Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) of NASA will use the space station's robotic arm to capture Cygnus, and NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will monitor telemetry during rendezvous, capture, and installation on the Unity module's Earth-facing port. The spacecraft is scheduled to stay at the space station until May.

This delivery, Northrop Grumman's 13th cargo flight to the space station, the second under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA and designated NG-13, will support dozens of new and existing investigations.

Included in the scientific investigations Cygnus is delivering to the space station are:

Better Tissue and Cell Culturing in Space

Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell-culturing facility, offers investigators a quick-turnaround platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology experiments. Such experiments are critical for determining how microgravity affects human physiology and identifying ways to mitigate negative effects.

A Close-up View

The Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657) investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station. This capability could accelerate answers to many scientific inquiries and mission decisions and serve the public as a powerful and unique microgravity research platform.

Examining Bone Loss in Microgravity

Astronauts experience bone loss in orbit, stemming from the lack of gravity acting on their bones. OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) investigates the molecular mechanisms that dictate this bone loss by examining osteoblasts, cells in the body that form bone, and osteoclasts, which dissolve bone. A better understanding of these mechanisms could lead to more effective prevention of astronaut bone loss during space missions.

Fighting Bacteria with Phages

Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079) examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on phage, viruses that destroy bacteria without harming human cells, and bacterial host interactions, including phage specificity for a bacterial host and host resistance to specific phages. A better understanding of the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on bacteriophages and hosts could result in significant developments for phage technology, ultimately helping protect the health of astronauts on future missions.

(Do Not) Light My Fire

The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation examines fire development and growth in different materials and environmental conditions, fire detection and monitoring, and post-fire cleanup capabilities. Saffire-IV contributes to fire safety efforts in similar environments on Earth, from submarines to mines, and helps improve general understanding and modeling of fire phenomena.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations currently being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, and Earth and space science. Advances in these areas will help to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway) through NASA's Artemis (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/) program.

This is the second time two Cygnus spacecraft will be in flight at the same time, as the NG-12 vehicle remains in orbit after departing from the station on Jan. 31. The Cygnus spacecraft will remain at the space station until May before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

The Cygnus NG-13 spacecraft for this space station resupply mission is named in honor of U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence, the first African American astronaut selected by any program, specifically chosen for the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory Program in June 1967. Lawrence died in an F-104 Starfighter aircraft accident at Edwards Air Force Base, California six months later at the age of 32.

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Last Updated: Feb. 16, 2020
Editor: Katherine Brown

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Цитировать02/15/2020 22:45   Stephen Clark

Three small satellites are hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard the Cygnus supply ship.

Two of the miniature spacecraft are sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Another was developed at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.

The Red-Eye 2 microsatellite is the second in a series of Red-Eye satellites developed by DARPA. The Red-Eye satellites aim "to develop and demonstrate technologies that increase the utility of low-cost microsatellites," according to NASA.

The first Red-Eye satellite launched to the station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship last year, then was released from the NanoRacks Kaber deployer in June 2019.

"Red-Eye will demonstrate lightweight, low-power, gimballed inter-satellite communications links appropriate for the class of satellites approximately 100 kg (220 pounds) in size," NASA wrote in a summary of the experiment. "Red-Eye will also demonstrate new attitude control components, onboard processors, and software-defined radios."

Two CubeSat-class satellites are also aboard the Cygnus supply ship for release from the space station's smaller satellite deployer.

The Deformable Mirror, or DeMi, spacecraft is about the size of a small suitcase. Developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the deformable mirror instrument will demonstrate technologies that could be used on future space telescopes making high-contrast observations of exoplanets around bright stars. Such precision observations, which will use coronagraphs to blot out the light of the star, require the use of deformable mirrors inside the telescope that can be adjusted using internal actuators, according to MIT.

The deformable mirrors "can correct image plane aberrations and speckles caused by imperfections, thermal distortions, and diffraction in the telescope and optics that would otherwise corrupt the wavefront and allow leaking starlight to contaminate coronagraphic images," MIT scientists wrote in a summary of the demonstration.

DARPA is funding the DeMi experiment, and Aurora Flight Sciences is managing the mission.

NASA's TechEdSat 10 nanosatellite is the next in a line of experimental CubeSats developed at the Ames Research Center in California. According to NASA, the TechEdSat 10 spacecraft will function as a high temperature, accurate deorbit reentry nanosatellite.

ЦитироватьНа американском космическом корабле Cygnus после выхода на орбиту успешно раскрылись солнечные батареи
16.02.2020 1:33:47

Вашингтон. 16 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - На выведенном на орбиту американском грузовом космическом корабле Cygnus, который летит к Международной космической станции (МКС), успешно раскрылись солнечные батареи, сообщила корпорация-разработчик Northrop Grumman.

"Солнечные батареи полностью раскрылись", - говорится в сообщении.

Cygnus был выведен на орбиту в среду ракетой-носителем Antares, стартовавшей в субботу в 15:21 по времени Восточного побережья США (23:21 мск)" с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.

Солнечные батареи обеспечивают корабль энергией, необходимой для продолжения полета к МКС.

Стыковку корабля Cygnus с МКС планируется осуществить 18 февраля в 04:05 по времени Восточного побережья США (12:05 мск), сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA). Cygnus должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.
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ЦитироватьАмериканский космический корабль Cygnus везет экипажу МКС твердые сыры, шоколад и свежие фрукты
16.02.2020 1:05:38

Вашингтон. 16 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американская ракета-носитель Antares с грузовым космическим кораблем Cygnus, стартовавшая в субботу к Международной космической станции (МКС), везет ее экипажу различные лакомства, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

"Космический корабль, в частности, доставит на МКС шоколад и конфеты, несколько сортов твердых сыров и свежие фрукты", - сообщил менеджер NASA Вен Фенг, отвечающий за снабжение станции.

По его словам, "твердый сыры - это, в том числе, чеддер и (испанский овечий сыр) манчего"". Кроме того, в связи с Днем Святого Валентина, корабль также привезет экипажу станции шоколад Lindt.

Запуск корабля был осуществлен в субботу в 15:21 по времени Восточного поборежья США (23:21 мск) с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.

Стыковка корабля Cygnus с МКС запланирована на 18 февраля в 04:05 по времени Восточного побережья США (12:05 мск). Она будет осуществляться путем захвата "грузовика" дистанционной рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС, которым будет управлять американский астронавт Эндрю Морган, и последующим присоединением его по командам с Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне (штат Техас) к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity.

Cygnus должен доставить на МКС около 3,6 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Запуск осуществлен в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, по снабжению МКС.

Американский "грузовик" пробудет в составе МКС три месяца - до 11 мая. После расстыковки с МКС Cygnus выведет на орбиту малые спутники, а на его борту планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости. 25 мая по командам с ЦУПа NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.

Это уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск корабля Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186206.jpg) Chris Gnam‏ @chris_gnam (https://twitter.com/chris_gnam) 54 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/chris_gnam/status/1228817204512202755)

Shot from my camera on the north side of the pad!

So happy with the results for my first time setting remotes!
#nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash) #space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/space?src=hash) #iss (https://twitter.com/hashtag/iss?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67619.png) T.S. Kelso‏ @TSKelso (https://twitter.com/TSKelso) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1228849260361158656)

CelesTrak has TLEs for 3 objects from the CYGNUS NG-13 launch (2020-011) out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on an Antares launch vehicle at 2021 UTC on Feb 15: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/15/antares-rocket-lifts-off-from-virginia-on-space-station-cargo-mission/ ... (https://t.co/QnPXV4Bkxj).

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1228878908214345730)

Three objects cataloged from the NG-13 launch in 195 x 267, 196 x 268 and 193 x 220 km orbits. Presumably Cygnus and the Antares second stage, but what is the third object? Probably debris from the upper stage, unless there was an undeclared payload deployed from the stage

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- Петрович - параметры? - (голос Петровича) Тангаж и рысканье в норме!

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- Петрович - параметры? - (голос Петровича) Тангаж и рысканье в норме!

-Точно в норме ? - (голос Олеговича) Зуб даю!  

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ЦитироватьNot (//forum/user/13990/)  написал:
- Петрович - параметры? - (голос Петровича) Тангаж и рысканье в норме!

-Точно в норме ? - (голос Олеговича) Зуб даю!  

Олегович же под санкциями. Пустили в качестве исключения, по причине абсолютной необходимости для американской космонавтики?  

Цитироватьтавот написал:Потому и телефонная сеть прорывалась.  :D  

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Ты как всегда все перепутал, филолух!

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Ты как всегда все перепутал, филолух!

Началось в колхозе утро. :D  

ЦитироватьУспешный старт РН Antares с двигателями РД-181
17 Февраля 2020
Ракета-носитель семейства Antares с двигателями РД-181 разработки и производства НПО Энергомаш в составе первой ступени успешно стартовала со Среднеатлантического регионального космодрома на острове Уоллопс (США). Двигатели РД-181 отработали в соответствии с полетной программой. Пуск осуществлен 15 февраля (23.21 мск).
Это седьмой подряд успешный пуск РН Antares с двигателями РД-181.
Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus, запуск которого осуществлен с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares, доставит на МКС около 3,4 тонн груза: оборудование и материалы для проведения научных исследований, продовольствие.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29913.jpg) NASA @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1229601432598388736)

After launching Saturday, @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman)'s #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) cargo spacecraft is set to arrive at @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), carrying over 7,500 pounds of supplies & @ISS_Research (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research) experiments.
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125453.png) 2:30am ET: Rendezvous and capture
(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125451.png) 6am: Installation
Watch live on NASA TV: https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/ZuxLDtRxxM)

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Цитировать02/18/2020 12:07 Stephen Clark

Under the control of astronaut Drew Morgan, the space station 58-foot-long robotic arm captured the Cygnus spacecraft at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) as the vehicles soared 265 miles over southeastern Russia.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1229693845019013121)

CAPTURE CONFIRMED for NG's CRS-13 Cygnus.

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NG-13 Cygnus arrives at Station, quickest back-to-back Cygnus missions -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/02/ng-13-cygnus-arrives-station-quickest-missions/ ... (https://t.co/Bp86xxqjX2)

- by Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF))

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ЦитироватьRobotic Arm Reaches Out and Captures Cygnus Cargo Craft

Mark Garcia⁠ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 18, 2020 at 4:10 am

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The U.S. Cygnus cargo craft from Northrop Grumman was about 12 meters away from the station when the Canadarm2 robotic arm captured it.

At 4:05 a.m. EST, NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) grappled Cygnus and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) acted as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port.

The station was flying over southeastern Russia when it was captured.

NASA Television coverage of installation will begin at 6:00 a.m. Cygnus will remain at the orbiting laboratory for a three-month stay before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

ЦитироватьРука-манипулятор МКС "поймала" американский грузовой корабль Cygnus для последующей стыковки - NASA
18.02.2020 12:16:46

Вашингтон. 18 февраля. ИНТЕРФАКС - Экипаж Международной космической станции (МКС) во вторник осуществил с помощью дистанционной руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2 успешный захват подлетевшего к ней американского грузового космического корабля Cygnus, сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

По данным Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне (штат Техас), захват "грузовика" с помощью 17-метрового манипулятора Canadarm-2, которым управлял американский астронавт Эндрю Морган, осуществлен в 12:05 мск.

В настоящее время началась операция по подводу корабля к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity для последующей стыковки.

"Захват корабля подтвержден. Он осуществлен над юго-востоком России", - говорится в сообщении.

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Cygnus доставит на МКС около 3,5 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Корабль, в частности, привезет на станцию мобильную космическую лабораторию для проведения экспериментов по выращиванию тканей и клеток в космосе, изучению последствий воздействия микрогравитации на потерю костной массы, а также бактерии кишечной палочки для опытов по производству биотоплива.

Cygnus также привезет экипажу МКС различные лакомства, в том числе, твердые сыры, шоколад и свежие фрукты.

Как сообщалось, запуск "грузовика" к МКС с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares был осуществлен 15 февраля с космодрома NASA Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.

Старт был проведен в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль, по снабжению МКС.

"Грузовик" пробудет в составе МКС около трех месяцев - до 11 мая. После расстыковки со станцией Cygnus выведет на орбиту малые спутники, а на его борту планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости.

25 мая по командам с ЦУПа NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.

Это уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск корабля Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.

В настоящее время на МКС продолжают работу россиянин Олег Скрипочка и американские астронавты Эндрю Морган и Джессика Меир.

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ЦитироватьNG-13: S.S. Robert H. Lawrence Cygnus capture

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ЦитироватьCygnus Cargo Craft Attached to Station for Three-Month Stay

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 18, 2020 at 6:27 am

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Feb. 18, 2020: International Space Station Configuration. Three spaceships are parked at the space station including the U.S. Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft and Russia's Progress 74 resupply ship and Soyuz MS-15 crew ship.

After its capture this morning at 4:05 a.m. EST, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 6:16 a.m. At the time of installation, the space station was flying over south of New Zealand.

The spacecraft's arrival brings more than 7,500 pounds of research and supplies to space station. Here are some of the scientific investigations:

Better Tissue and Cell Culturing in Space

Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility, offers investigators a quick-turnaround platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology experiments. Such experiments are critical for determining how microgravity affects human physiology and identifying ways to mitigate negative effects. The platform can work in multiple configurations, allowing investigators to tailor the facility to their needs.

Mochii

The Mochii (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657) investigation provides an initial demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Mochii will demonstrate real-time, on-site imaging and measurements of micro- and nanostructures aboard the space station. This capability could accelerate answers to many scientific inquiries and mission decisions and serve the public as a powerful and unique microgravity research platform.

Examining Bone Loss in Microgravity

Crew members experience bone loss in orbit, stemming from the lack of gravity acting on their bones. OsteoOmics (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) investigates the molecular mechanisms that dictate this bone loss by examining osteoblasts, cells in the body that form bone, and osteoclasts, which dissolve bone. A better understanding of these mechanisms could lead to more effective prevention of astronaut bone loss during space missions.

Fighting Bacteria with Phages

Phage Evolution (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8079) examines the effects of microgravity and radiation exposure on phage and bacterial host interactions, including phage specificity for a bacterial host and host resistance to specific phages. A better understanding of the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation on bacteriophages and hosts could result in significant developments for phage technology, ultimately helping protect the health of astronauts on future missions.

(Do Not) Light My Fire

The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1923)) investigation examines fire development and growth in different materials and environmental conditions, fire detection and monitoring, and post-fire cleanup capabilities. It is part of a series of fire investigations conducted in the Cygnus resupply vehicle after its departure from space station, eliminating exposure of humans or occupied spacecraft to fire danger.

The Cygnus NG CRS-13 spacecraft for this space station resupply mission is named in honor of U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence, the first African American astronaut selected by any program, specifically chosen for the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory Program in June 1967. Lawrence died in an F-104 Starfighter aircraft accident at Edwards Air Force Base, California six months later at the age of 32.

This is the second time two Cygnus spacecraft will be in flight at the same time, as the NG-12 vehicle remains in orbit after departing from the station on Jan. 31.

ЦитироватьNG-13: S.S. Robert H. Lawrence Cygnus berthing

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18 февр. 2020 г.

Цитировать14:38, 18 февраля 2020
Американский грузовик Cygnus состыковался с МКС

Москва. 18 февраля. INTERFAX.RU - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus во вторник успешно состыковался с Международной космической станцией (МКС). Об этом сообщило Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА).

Операция по присоединению грузовика к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Unity была завершена в 14:16 по Москве, отметили в Центре управления полетами НАСА в Хьюстоне (штат Техас).

Ранее сблизившийся с МКС корабль в 12:05 по Москве был захвачен с помощью 17-метровой руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2, которой управлял американский астронавт Эндрю Морган. Последующая подводка корабля Cygnus дистанционной рукой-манипулятором к станции и сам процесс пристыковки осуществлялся по командам с Центра управления полетами НАСА в Хьюстоне.

Cygnus доставил на МКС около 3,5 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Корабль, в частности, привез на станцию мобильную космическую лабораторию для проведения экспериментов по выращиванию тканей и клеток в космосе, изучению последствий воздействия микрогравитации на потерю костной массы, а также бактерии кишечной палочки для опытов по производству биотоплива.

Cygnus также привез экипажу МКС различные лакомства, в том числе твердые сыры, шоколад и свежие фрукты.

Как сообщалось, запуск американского грузовика к МКС с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares был проведен 15 февраля с космодрома НАСА Уоллопс, который размещается на одноименном острове у атлантического побережья американского штата Вирджиния.
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ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Всё-таки улетел и уже состыковал с МКС. Поздравляю с успрешной стыковкой! Ну а когда теперь расстыковка и сведение с орбиты? Или пока ещё не определено?

Цитировать"Грузовик" пробудет в составе МКС около трех месяцев - до 11 мая. После расстыковки со станцией Cygnus выведет на орбиту малые спутники, а на его борту планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости.

25 мая по командам с ЦУПа NASA в Хьюстоне Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы. Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.

ЦитироватьCygnus freighter delivers new British-made antenna to International Space Station
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A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship was captured using the space station's robotic arm at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now

A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday two-and-a-half days after launching fr om Virginia's Eastern Shore, delivering a new British-made high-speed communications antenna and more than 7,000 pounds of other experiments and equipment.

Astronaut Drew Morgan, working at a control station aboard the space station, used the research outposts's Canadian-built robotic arm to capture the Cygnus spacecraft at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) Tuesday while the cargo freighter hovered less than 40 feet (12 meters) below the complex.

Ground teams later took control of the robot arm to berth the Cygnus spacecraft to the Earth-facing port of the station's Unity module, wh ere it is scheduled to remain attached until May 11, then the ship will detach and depart. The freighter will perform a flame combustion experiment in orbit before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up, disposing of the space station's trash.

The Northrop Grumman-owned spacecraft is named the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., in honor of the first African American selected as an astronaut in a U.S. space program.

"Congratulations to the entire NASA and Northrop Grumman teams on another successful vehicle capture," Morgan radioed from the space station. "The Cygnus NG-13 vehicle ... is named in honor of U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and as the first African American to be selected as an astronaut by a national space program, Robert defined possible against the odds when he was selected for the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory project in 1967."

Lawrence died in a training accident in 1967 before he flew in space, and the MOL program was canceled by the military in 1969.

"It's our honor to welcome the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., aboard the ISS," Morgan said.

The S.S. Robert H. Lawrence launched Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia, on top of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket. The mission marks the 13th resupply flight to the space station by Northrop Grumman under two multibillion-dollar commercial cargo transportation contracts with NASA.

Astronauts planned to open hatches and begin unpacking the 7.445 pounds (3,377 kilograms) of cargo inside the Cygnus freighter's pressurized module, made in Italy by Thales Alenia Space.

One of the items stowed inside is a new communications antenna developed by the European Space Agency to be installed on a spacewalk later this year outside the station's European Columbus lab module.

The new antenna will transmit and receive data in Ka-band, allowing data transfer speeds as fast 50 megabits per second for a downlink and 2 megabits per second for uplink, according to ESA.

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The communications antenna for the Columbus module on the International Space Station undergoes testing prior to launch. Dubbed ColKa for 'Columbus Ka-band antenna', the upgraded system will allow astronauts and researchers to benefit from a direct link with Europe at home broadband speed. Credit: ESA

Called ColKa — short for Columbus Ka-band antenna — the new addition to the space station will allow European scientists higher data downlink and uplink speeds without relying in busy U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellites. The new system will also be able to transfer high-definition video between the space station and Earth.

ESA is building out its own satellite data relay network called EDRS. Two EDRS relay nodes launched into geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator in 2016 and 2019, providing near-global coverage.

The EDRS satellites will beam the data relayed from the space station to a ground site in Harwell, England, for dissemination to the Columbus control center in Germany and science teams across Europe.

The antenna was built by MDA Space and Robotics Ltd. in the United Kingdom.

"This is the first major industrial contribution from the UK to the ISS, and it will revolutionize the ability of scientists in the UK and Europe to access the results of their experiments," said Graham Turnock, CEO of the UK Space Agency. "This is yet another example of the UK economy benefiting, through investment, jobs and new skills, from our continued collaboration with the European Space Agency."

Officials say the ColKa antenna is a pathfinder for further ESA space communications projects, such as a deep space data relay antenna that could be mounted on the NASA-led Gateway station in lunar orbit.

Other payloads delivered to the station Tuesday by the Cygnus spacecraft include biological experiments and three small satellites sponsored by the U.S. military and NASA.

Here's a breakdown of the cargo manifest provided by NASA:

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• 3,501 pounds (1,588 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
  
• 2,129 pounds (966 kilograms) of scientific investigations
  
• 1,570 pounds (712 kilograms) of crew supplies
  
• 179 pounds (81 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
  
• 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of computer resources
  

A scanning electron microscope built by Voxa, a Seattle-area company that aims to miniaturize and reduce the cost of nano-imaging technology, was among the items packed aboard the Cygnus spacecraft.

Electron microscopes work by scanning electron beams over a target to create an image, telling scientists about the material's physical characteristics and composition. A conventional scanning electron microscope can cost $1 million.

Christopher Own, facility manager and CEO of Voxa, says his company's unit costs around $65,000, and the price could come down if it is mass-produced.

NASA wants to test the Mochii microscope, named for the Japanese dessert, in orbit to see if the device could help scientists analyze biological samples, perform materials science experiments, and take detailed pictures of contaminants and particles that could affect the performance of equipment aboard the space station.

It sometimes takes months to get a sample back to Earth for analysis in ground-based labs. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is the only vehicle capable of returning large amounts of cargo to the ground intact.

A microscope like the Mochii device on the space station could allow scientists to analyze samples soon after they are gathered. What's more, the microscope can be operated remotely by researchers on the ground.

"When we came up with the concept, we thought what about the dessert mochii," Own said. "It's small, cute and absolutely delicious. Everybody will want one."

Astronauts will install the microscope inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module on the space station, and the device will go through testing to see if it meets specifications.

"The expectation, provided that the experiments are successful up there, is to leave it up there and give it to the wider community to use," Own said.

Fresh fruit, vegetables and cheese were also loaded into refrigerators on the Cygnus spacecraft for the trek to the space station.

Small satellites hitch ride to space on Cygnus

Three small satellites are hitched a ride to the International Space Station aboard the Cygnus supply ship.

Two of the miniature spacecraft are sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Another was developed at NASA's Ames Research Center in California.

The Red-Eye 2 microsatellite is the second in a series of Red-Eye satellites developed by DARPA. The Red-Eye satellites aim "to develop and demonstrate technologies that increase the utility of low-cost microsatellites," according to NASA.

The first Red-Eye satellite launched to the station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship last year, then was released from the NanoRacks Kaber deployer in June 2019.

"Red-Eye will demonstrate lightweight, low-power, gimballed inter-satellite communications links appropriate for the class of satellites approximately 100 kg (220 pounds) in size," NASA wrote in a summary of the experiment. "Red-Eye will also demonstrate new attitude control components, onboard processors, and software-defined radios."

Two CubeSat-class satellites are also aboard the Cygnus supply ship for release from the space station's smaller satellite deployer.

The Deformable Mirror, or DeMi, spacecraft is about the size of a small suitcase. Developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the deformable mirror instrument will demonstrate technologies that could be used on future space telescopes making high-contrast observations of exoplanets around bright stars. Such precision observations, which will use coronagraphs to blot out the light of the star, require the use of deformable mirrors inside the telescope that can be adjusted using internal actuators, according to MIT.

The deformable mirrors "can correct image plane aberrations and speckles caused by imperfections, thermal distortions, and diffraction in the telescope and optics that would otherwise corrupt the wavefront and allow leaking starlight to contaminate coronagraphic images," MIT scientists wrote in a summary of the demonstration.

DARPA is funding the DeMi experiment, and Aurora Flight Sciences is managing the mission.

NASA's TechEdSat 10 nanosatellite is the next in a line of experimental CubeSats developed at the Ames Research Center in California. According to NASA, the TechEdSat 10 spacecraft will function as a high temperature, accurate deorbit reentry nanosatellite.

ЦитироватьCygnus Open for Business as New Science Starts
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Feb 19, 2020 at 3:47 pm

The Cygnus space freighter is open for business at the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity) where it will stay for the next three months. The Expedition 62 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition62/index.html) crew has begun unloading over three tons of science, supplies and station hardware delivered Tuesday (https://go.nasa.gov/2P3LMyx) to replenish the orbital lab.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) opened Cygnus' hatch a few hours after its capture and installation Tuesday morning. Afterward, the duo entered the vehicle and began unpacking and setting up over a ton of new science new experiments. The critical research is being stowed in station science freezers, activated in research racks and readied for upcoming operations.

Meir removed science freezers containing research samples from Cygnus and installed them in EXPRESS racks (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=598) aboard the station. She also began reviewing operations for the just-delivered OsteOmics-02 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1149) study to prevent bone loss on Earth and in space.

Morgan retrieved a variety of research hardware from Cygnus and began integrating and activating them in station systems. The new Mobile SpaceLab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7692), a tissue and cell culturing facility, was installed and powered up on an EXPRESS rack.
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ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Liftoff from Virginia: 02/21/2020

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185228.jpg) (https://twitter.com/Astroguyz) Dave Dickinson@Astroguyz (https://twitter.com/Astroguyz) 6:32 PM - Feb 23, 2020 (https://twitter.com/Astroguyz/status/1231602713495994368)

It's down. The Antares upper stage booster that launched Cygnus #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) recently re-entered this morning at 1:20 UT +/- 7 minutes over the Pacific under daytime skies: https://aerospace.org/reentries/antares-rocket-body-id-45177 ... (https://t.co/9lh12C7yVl)

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The Antares second stage from the NG-13 launch reentered over the Pacific Ocean around 0120 UTC on Feb 23.

ЦитироватьCrew Nears Departure Ahead of Busy Space Traffic
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 15, 2020 at 1:08 pm
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... The U.S. Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft will finish its station cargo mission on May 11 when the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm removes it from the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity) and releases it back into space. ...

ЦитироватьStation Ramps Up for SpaceX Crew and Global Cargo Missions
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Posted Apr 22, 2020 at 12:48

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Meanwhile, the U.S. Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/northrop-grumman-cygnus-launches-arrivals-and-departures/) is being readied to end its stay attached to the station's Unity module on May 11. Cassidy and Ivanishin packed trash and discarded gear inside Cygnus today for a fiery disposal in the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.
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ЦитироватьCygnus Prepped for Departure During Station Science and Upkeep
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Apr 28, 2020 at 12:41 pm

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The U.S. Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship is pictured as the International Space Station orbited above the Pacific Ocean.

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The U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is being readied for its robotic release from the orbiting lab's Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). Commander Chris Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) reviewed procedures and set up hardware that will deploy small experimental satellites from the outside of Cygnus after its departure on May 11. Cygnus will removed from Unity and released by the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm completing its 83-day stay at 12:10 p.m. EDT.
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11:45 a.m. – Coverage of the release of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus/NG-13 cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 12:10 p.m. EDT (All Channels)

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 4/28/2020

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SlingShot:
The crew performed a partial setup of the Slingshot payload in order to allow ground commanding to test the WIDAR communication link through Wallops ground site using the Cygnus spacecraft. Unfortunately, the data cables did not connect properly and the task was aborted. Ground teams are discussing a forward plan to get a data connection in order to proceed with the test at a later date. SEOPS' SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
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ЦитироватьCygnus Readied for Departure, Crew Trains for Medical Emergency
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 4, 2020 at 3:33 pm

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Four spaceships are attached at the space station including the U.S. Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft and Russia's Progress 74 and 75 resupply ships and Soyuz MS-16 crew ship.

A U.S. cargo craft is one week away from completing its mission at the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html). ...

On Monday May 11, the Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman will complete its mission attached to the station's Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). Cygnus will serve a dual purpose after its departure as it takes out the trash and deploys a set of CubeSats for a variety of space research.

Commander Chris Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) is setting up a small satellite deployer, called the SlingShot (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/slingshot-small-satellite-deployment-test), that will be installed on the hatch of Cygnus before its departure. The tiny satellites will test space communication technologies and advanced GPS mapping techniques.
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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 5/01/2020
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Northrop Grumman 13 (NG-13) Cygnus Cargo Operations:
The crew continued to perform Cygnus cargo operations today. Ground teams estimate ~2.5 hours of cargo operations remain prior to Cygnus departure, currently planned for May 11th.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 5/04/2020

SlingShot:
To prepare for the Slingshot deployer installation, the crew reviewed the big picture words, then installed the slingshot heater and controller inside the Cygnus vehicle. The team is still discussing a plan for the cables which could not be connected last week. SEOPS' SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
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Northrop Grumman-13 (NG-13) Cygnus Cargo Operations:
The crew continued Cygnus cargo operations in preparation for the vehicle departure, currently planned for May 11th.
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ЦитироватьАмериканский грузовой корабль Cygnus покинет МКС 11 мая
ВАШИНГТОН, 7 мая - РИА Новости. Грузовой космический корабль Cygnus покинет Международную космическую станцию (МКС) 11 мая, сообщило НАСА в среду.

"Ранее"

Беспилотный грузовой аппарат, принадлежащий частной компании Northrup Grumman, прибыл на МКС в середине февраля, доставив на орбиту 1,6 тонны оборудования для МКС, около тонны научного груза, и более 750 килограммов груза для экипажа.

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По информации американского космического ведомства, после того, как а грузовик покинет станцию, он традиционно задержится на орбите для проведения эксперимента по поведению огня в невесомости, а также осуществит запуск серии экспериментальных мини-спутников.
Планируется, что грузовой корабль сойдет с орбиты сгорит в верхних слоях атмосферы Земли 25 мая.

ЦитироватьRobotics, Cargo Mission and Photography Keep Station Crew Busy
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 6, 2020 at 8:52 pm

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A U.S. space freighter will leave the station Monday after nearly three months attached to the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship will be released from the grips of the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm at noon EDT (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-northrop-grumman-s-cygnus-departure-from-space-station) on Monday completing its cargo mission.

Not only is Cygnus being packed with trash, but Cassidy prepared it for secondary missions to research space fires (https://www.nasa.gov/saffire) and deploy a set of CubeSats. Once Cygnus reaches a safe distance from the orbital lab, a small satellite deployer configuring on its hatch will eject a pair of nanosatellites. The shoe box-sized research satellites will research ways to improve space communication techniques and GPS mapping systems.
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ЦитироватьMay 6, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-057

NASA TV to Air Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Departure from Space Station

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft approaches the International Space Station delivering about 7,500 pounds of research and supplies to the Expedition 62 crew. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan would command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and capture Cygnus after a two-and-half-day trip that began with a launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Credits: NASA

Nearly three months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrup Grumman's unpiloted Cygnus cargo craft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Monday, May 11.

Live coverage of the spacecraft's release will air on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT, with release scheduled for noon.

Dubbed the "SS Robert H. Lawrence," Cygnus arrived at the station Feb. 18 with supplies and science experiments following its launch on Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.

Flight controllers on the ground will send commands to robotically detach Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, maneuver it into place, and release it from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Station commander Christopher Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) of NASA will monitor Cygnus' systems as it moves away from the orbiting laboratory.

Within 24 hours of its release, Cygnus will begin its secondary mission, hosting the Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment – IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/saffire)), which provides an environment to safely study fire in microgravity. It also will deploy a series of payloads. Northrop Grumman flight controllers in Dulles, Virginia, will initiate Cygnus' deorbit to burn up in Earth's atmosphere Monday, May 25.

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Last Updated: May 6, 2020[
Editor: Sean Potter

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 5/06/2020
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Slingshot:
Two connector reconfigurations were planned for today. The crew was able to perform a middle bracket connector reconfiguration (reclocking) and get it in an acceptable configuration. Unfortunately, there was not enough time remaining to perform the second cable activity and it will be replanned. These reconfigurations are needed to support the planned Slingshot activities following NG-13 undock. SEOPS' SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
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ЦитироватьCrew Preps for U.S. and Japanese Cargo Missions
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 7, 2020 at 2:20 pm

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The U.S. Cygnus cargo craft (left) from the United States departs the station on Monday. The H-II Transfer Vehicle (right) from Japan arrives at the station on May 25.

The Expedition 63 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition63/index.html) crew will monitor the departure of an American resupply ship on Monday and welcome a Japanese cargo craft when it arrives two weeks later....

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus (https://go.nasa.gov/2P3LMyx) space freighter is nearing the end of its stay attached to the Unity module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/unity). Robotics controllers on the ground will command the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm to detach Cygnus from Unity then release the U.S. cargo craft on Monday noon EDT. NASA Commander Chris Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) will finalize the installation of the SlingShot (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/slingshot-small-satellite-deployment-test) small satellite deployer on Cygnus' hatch on Sunday.

NASA TV will begin its live broadcast (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-northrop-grumman-s-cygnus-departure-from-space-station) of Cygnus' release and departure at 11:45 a.m. on Monday. Cygnus will reenter the Earth's atmosphere over the south Pacific for a safe, but fiery destruction at the end of the month.
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ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: SLIME IN SPACE!!!: 05/08/2020

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8 мая 2020 г.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 5/07/2020

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Slingshot:
The crew worked on the controller data cables today. These cables are attached to the slingshot controller which is inside Cygnus – the 2 cables were taped side-by-side, jumpers were installed at the appropriate connector locations, then selected pins were continuity checked. This reconfiguration is needed to support the planned Slingshot activities following NG-13 undock. SEOPS' SlingShot is a small satellite deployment system that fits inside the Cygnus spacecraft's Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM). SlingShot can accommodate up to 18 satellites that are deployed post Cygnus unberth.
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Robotic Transfer of High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV):
The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) demated the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment from Columbus today and then transferred the payload to Cygnus for disposal. HDEV was declared to have reached its end of life in late August 2019. The experiment was previously mounted on the ISS External Payload Facility of the Columbus module and activated April 30, 2014. During the 5+ year operating period, downlink video from HDEV was seen by more than 318 million viewers across the globe on USTREAM alone.

ЦитироватьCygnus Ready for Science After Departure, Commander Takes Break
Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 8, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship is packed for departure on Monday and will continue more science before its ultimate demise at the end of May. ...

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) is relaxing today ahead of this weekend's activities to ready a U.S. space freighter for its robotic release on Monday at noon EDT. NASA TV will begin its live coverage (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-northrop-grumman-s-cygnus-departure-from-space-station) of the cargo ship's release from the Canadarm2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) robotic arm beginning at 11:45 a.m.

The space veteran spent the week loading up the Cygnus space freighter (https://go.nasa.gov/2P3LMyx) with trash and preparing it for more science. Shortly after its departure, a controlled fire will be lit inside Cygnus for ongoing research into space fire safety (https://www.nasa.gov/saffire). Next, tiny space research satellites, also known as CubeSats,  will be deployed outside the vehicle to improve space communications and GPS mapping technology.

Robotics controllers also attached the popular, but now-defunct HDEV (High Definition Earth Viewing) experiment on the outside of Cygnus for disposal. HDEV reached its end-of-life (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/high-definition-earth-viewing-payload-reaches-end-of-life-on-station-surpassing-life) last year after five years in service providing live views of Earth to over 300 million viewers. The U.S. cargo craft will reenter Earth's atmosphere at the end of the month for a fiery, but safe disposal above the South Pacific.
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ЦитироватьКосмический корабль Cygnus в понедельник покинет МКС
11.05.2020 0:09:55

Вашингтон. 11 мая. ИНТЕРФАКС - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cygnus ("Сигнус") корпорации Northrop Grumman после почти трехмесячного пребывания в составе Международной космической станции (МКС) в понедельник должен отстыковаться от нее и отправиться в автономный полет, сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Операция по отстыковке "грузовика" от американского сегмента станции - модуля Unity намечена на 12:00 по времени Восточного побережья США (19:00 мск). С помощью 17-метровой дистанционной руки-манипулятора Canadarm-2 корабль будет отведен от станции на безопасное расстояние и выпущен в автономный полет.

Корабль заберет с собой со станции мусор и отходы общим весом около 2,5 тонн.

После расстыковки с МКС Cygnus выведет на орбиту малые исследовательские спутники, а на его борту планируется устроить пожар для изучения условий распространения огня в невесомости.

29 или 30 мая по командам с центра управления полетами Northrop Grumman корабль Cygnus будет сведен с орбиты и сгорит в плотных слоях атмосферы.

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Как сообщалось, выведенный на орбиту в феврале с помощью ракеты-носителя Antares "грузовик" Cygnus доставил на МКС около 3,7 тонн груза, в том числе продовольствие, а также оборудование и материалы для проведения десятков научных исследований.

Миссия была осуществлена в рамках коммерческого контракта NASA с корпорацией Northrop Grumman, которой принадлежит ракета-носитель и автоматический грузовой космический корабль.

Это уже 13-й полет космического "грузовика" корпорации Northrop Grumman к МКС. Был также еще один неудачный запуск в 2014 году, когда корабль не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Первый успешный запуск Cygnus состоялся 18 сентября 2013 года.
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ЦитироватьWatch Canadarm2 Release U.S. Cargo Craft on NASA TV

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 11, 2020 at 9:55 am

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The Cygnus space freighter is pictured moments after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on January 31, 2020.

Nearly three months after delivering several tons of scientific experiments and supplies to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station), Northrop Grumman's autonomous Cygnus cargo craft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Monday, May 11.

Live coverage of the spacecraft's release will air on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT, with release scheduled for 12:08 p.m.

Flight controllers on the ground will send commands to robotically detach Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, maneuver it into place, and release it from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Station commander Christopher Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) of NASA will monitor Cygnus' systems as it moves away from the orbiting laboratory.

Dubbed the "SS Robert H. Lawrence," Cygnus arrived (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission-0) at the station Feb. 18 for the company's 13th cargo mission with about 7,500 pounds of supplies and science experiments (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng-13-research-highlights) ranging from research with cell cultures and bone loss to demonstration of a new miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with spectroscopy. Cygnus launched on Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.

ЦитироватьU.S. Cargo Craft Departing Station Live on NASA TV Now

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 11, 2020 at 11:45 am

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The Cygnus cargo craft is pictured before its release during the Expedition 46 mission on Feb. 19, 2016.

NASA has begun live coverage (http://www.nasa.gov/live) of departure of Northrop Grumman's SS Robert H. Lawrence Cygnus spacecraft from the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station).

Cygnus has been detached from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, and flight controllers on the ground are scheduled to send commands to robotically detach Cygnus from the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 12 p.m. EDT.

Station commander Christopher Cassidy (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy) of NASA will monitor Cygnus' systems as it moves away from the orbiting laboratory.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/91701.jpg) (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow)Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1259881749137494017)

The Cygnus spacecraft has completed a departure burn to put it on a safe trajectory away from the International Space Station.

The cargo freighter will next raise its orbit for deployment of CubeSats and a NASA combustion experiment.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/11/cygnus-departs-station-beginning-extended-experimental-mission/ ... (https://t.co/eyXXSFxOFR)

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ЦитироватьNG-13: S.S. Robert H. Lawrence Cygnus departure

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11 мая 2020 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29913.jpg) NASA @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) · 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1259880062230433793)

Departure confirmed! The #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hashtag_click) cargo ship detached from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)
 at 12:09pm ET (4:09pm UTC), concluding its mission that delivered science experiments and supplies to the crew.

Цитировать11 МАЯ, 19:36
Корабль Cygnus отстыковался от МКС

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 11 мая. /ТАСС/. Американский грузовой корабль Cygnus отстыковался в понедельник от Международной космической станции (МКС). Трансляция ведется на сайте Национального управления по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Отвод корабля от орбитальной станции осуществляли с помощью манипулятора Canadarm 2. Операция была завершена в 12:09 по времени Восточного побережья США (19:09 мск). Ей дистанционно управляли специалисты из Центра космических полетов имени Джонсона в Хьюстоне (штат Техас). Астронавт NASA Крис Кэссиди наблюдает за отходом Cygnus от МКС.

По данным NASA, ожидается, что в течение примерно 24 часов после отстыковки на борту Cygnus будет проведен эксперимент. В рамках него специалисты космического ведомства США намерены выяснить, как микрогравитация воздействует на процессы горения. Кроме того, с Cygnus планируется вывести на орбиту несколько микроспутников CubeSat. В NASA уточнили, что корабль должен сойти с обриты и сгореть в атмосфере 29 или 30 мая.

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Cygnus пристыковался к орбитальному комплексу в феврале. На его борту на МКС доставили около 3 400 кг грузов, в том числе оборудование для проведения экспериментов.

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ЦитироватьU.S. Cygnus Resupply Ship Departs Station

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted May 11, 2020 at 12:32 pm

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In this frame from NASA TV, the U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured moments after being released from the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

The Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) three months after arriving at the space station to deliver (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-science-cargo-heads-to-space-station-on-northrop-grumman-mission-0) about 7,500 of scientific experiments and supplies to the orbiting laboratory.

Within 24 hours of its release, Cygnus will begin its secondary mission, hosting the Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment – IV (Saffire-IV (https://www.nasa.gov/saffire)), which provides an environment to safely study fire in microgravity. It also will deploy a series of payloads. Northrop Grumman flight controllers in Dulles, Virginia, will initiate Cygnus' deorbit to burn up in Earth's atmosphere Friday, May 29.

ЦитироватьExpedition 63 Cygnus CRS 13 Release - May 11, 2020

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11 мая 2020 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68302.jpg) (https://twitter.com/planet4589) Jonathan McDowell ✔@planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 41 мин (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1259935887481278465)

The Cygnus NG-13 cargo ship, S.S. Robert Lawrence, was unberthed from ISS at about 1300 UTC by the Canadarm-2 robot arm, and released into space at 1609 UTC.
It will deploy two cubesats on May 13.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29899.jpg) Ivan Vagner @ivan_mks63 (https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63) · 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63/status/1259900716166021125)

Сегодня наблюдал за расстыковкой грузового корабля #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hashtag_click) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hashtag_click).

ЦУП-Х и Крис Кэссиди с помощью Canadarm2 отстыковали «грузовик» от надирного порта модуля NOD1, затем переместили его в точку расстыковки. И уже из этого положения выполнили освобождение корабля от манипулятора.

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3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ivan_mks63/status/1259900720133922816)

I watched the #Cygnus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cygnus?src=hash) #NG13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NG13?src=hash) spacecraft undock today from the International @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)

Houston Mission Control Center and Chris Cassidy using the Canadarm2 manipulator undocked the freighter from the NOD1 module docking port, moved it to the undocking point and released it.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185237.jpg) (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Northrop Grumman ✔@northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1259944114889555969)

Cygnus is ready to perform the second phase of its mission, hosting the Saffire experiment and deploying CubeSats.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 11 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1260708610604220416)

The @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Cygnus NG-13, now flying free from ISS, remains in a 422 x 424 km orbit just 5 km above the station. No word yet on the @SEOPSLLC (https://twitter.com/SEOPSLLC) @Hypergiant (https://twitter.com/hypergiant) Slingshot cubesat deployements that were expected today

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1260803110261477383)

Around 1600 GMT May 13, the @northropgrumman (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman) Cygnus NG-13 (S..S Robert Lawrence) maneuvered from a 422 x 424 km orbit to a 477 x 486 km orbit.

ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Fanning the Flames: 05/15/2020

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220330.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA) NASA Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q)

15 мая 2020 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67619.png)T.S. Kelso‏ @TSKelso (https://twitter.com/TSKelso) 8 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1261393861072445440)

CelesTrak has a TLE for OBJECT D from the CYGNUS NG-13 launch, which is likely one of the 3 cubesats (RED-EYE 2, DEMI, TECHEDSAT 10) expected to have been deployed from CYGNUS NG-13 on May 13, following its departure from the ISS on May 11.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1261872324573265924)

Object 45605, released from the Cygnus cargo ship, has been given the name ULTP in the SpaceTrack catalog. I believe this stands for UbiquitiLink Test Payload and confirms it is one of the Lynk payloads. Previous Lynk experiments remained attached to their Cygnus craft.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67615.jpg) Dr Marco Langbroek‏ @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1262146290005291009)

Photographed a pass of the CYGNUS NG-13 cargoship released from the #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) on May 11th. It will reenter on May 20. Naked eye object but not very bright (mag +3 to +3.5).
Canon EOS 80D + EF 2.0/35 mm, 5 seconds, 800 ISO.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 53 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1262408144296312835)

Clarification on the Cygnus deployment (thanks to @SEOPSLLC (https://twitter.com/SEOPSLLC) and to Ben Lamm):  Cygnus carried an attached Lynk test payload which extended an antenna; it also deployed one free flying cubesat for @LynkTheWorld (https://twitter.com/LynkTheWorld)  at 2325 UTC May 13.   Both  payloads went up on SPX-20

ЦитироватьSCIZ

W0585/20 - ZONE ...D... SECT WEST PACIFIC DUE TO SPACE VEHICLE DEBRIS REENTRY.
THE AFFECTED AREA WITHIN SCIZ FIR IS BOUNDED BY GEO COORD:
500000S 1300000W
303000S 1300000W
500000S 1310000W
303000S 1310000W
500000S 1300000W
INFO PROVIDED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION.
INSTRUCTIONS: SANTIAGO OCEANIC 10024KHZ/6649KHZ
FANS1A  EQUIPPED ACFT LOGON SCEZ.
SFC - UNL, 29 MAY 19:00 2020 UNTIL 29 MAY 21:00 2020.
CREATED: 15 MAY 15:52 2020

Цитата: undefinedHYDROPAC 1550/20

SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
    291900Z TO 292100Z MAY
    IN AREA BOUND BY
        30-30S 131-00W, 50-00S 131-00W,
        50-00S 160-00W, 30-30S 160-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292200Z MAY 20.//

Authority: Cygnus Space Vehicle Reentry Advisory 242045Z MAY 20.

Date: 250520Z MAY 20
Cancel: 29220000 May 20

Цитата: undefined(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30051.jpg) Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1266463074359357440)

Today, our NG-13 Cygnus spacecraft completed its mission after delivering approximately 7,500 pounds of cargo to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).

Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6015TcBbt (https://t.co/apviB4eznH?amp=1)

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