Cygnus NG-11 (CRS-11) - Antares 230 - MARS LP-0A - 17.04.2019, 20:46 UTC

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ЦитироватьNASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 7 февр.

Get ready, @Space_Station, we're about to send some cargo your way! @NorthropGrumman's CRS-11 mission is scheduled to launch from Wallops on April 17, 2019 at 4:46 p.m. EDT.


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Earlier today, employees at our Dulles, Virginia, facility said goodbye to the NG-11 #Cygnus service module as it departed for its launch site at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, its final stop before heading to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is targeted to launch aboard a #NorthropGrumman #Antares rocket on April 17 at 4:46 p.m. EDT. The NG-11 mission will feature a long-duration flight of up to one year after its departure from the station. This added capability supports additional commercial activity for Cygnus enabled by partnerships with the International Space Station. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks!


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ЦитироватьNASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 23 ч. назад

The @northropgrumman team said goodbye, and we said hello to #Cygnus! The cargo spacecraft arrived this afternoon from Dulles, Virginia, and was promptly tucked inside safe and sound! Tomorrow, the unboxing begins

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/2019/03/07/next-northrop-grumman-cygnus-launch-set-for-april-17/
ЦитироватьNext Northrop Grumman Cygnus Launch Set for April 17

Sarah Loff
Posted Mar 7, 2019 at 10:51 am


The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Media accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman's next delivery of NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station on April 17.

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is targeted to launch on the company's Antares rocket at 4:46 p.m. EDT from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.

On this mission, Northrop Grumman will use a new late load capability. Previously, all cargo had to be loaded about four days prior to launch. This new capability will allow time-sensitive science experiments to be loaded into Cygnus just 24 hours before liftoff.

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@Orbital_Micro GEMS weather observation #cubesat ready for launch April 17 Satnews Publishers: http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=225869549#.XH_V7xHgIKc.twitter ... Great teamwork!


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Цитироватьhttp://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kuoa/news/1802_spooqy-1.html
The CubeSats for SpooQy-1 handed over to JAXA. Launch preparation is going well!
Last Updated: March 8, 2019
On February 18, 2019, one CubeSat (size is 3U) was designed and developed in Singapore by students of the National University of Singapore as SpooQy-1 was handed over to JAXA at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC). Loading preparations were started for their on-orbit deployment slated for next May or June. The purpose of SpooQy-1 is to continue the orbit demonstration experiment by installing the source of the polarized photon entangled photon pair on the satellite for the future satellite communication technology innovation.

The CubeSat was handed over this time based on the contract to deploy small satellites from "Kibo". It was done between JAXA and 'Singapore Space and Technology Association' (SSTA). The SpooQy-1 and BIRDS-3 were handed over to JAXA on the same day and are scheduled to be launched aboard the Cygnus 11 Spacecraft from Virginia, USA.


SpooQy-1 development members from participating countries and the JAXA team member officials before their J-SSOD and SpooQy-1, February 19, 2019 (Credit: JAXA)

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ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman‏Подлинная учетная запись @northropgrumman 3 ч. назад

Join us on Facebook this Monday 3/25 at 9:00 am ET for a live look inside our #Cygnus Mission Operations Center in Dulles, VA as we talk about our upcoming cargo resupply mission to the @Space_Station scheduled to launch from @NASA_Wallops aboard our #Antares rocket on April 17.


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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 28 мин. назад

Northrop Grumman's next Cygnus spacecraft will be named the "S.S. Roger Chaffee", after the Apollo 1 astronaut, the company announced this morning. The NG-11 mission is scheduled for launch April 17.



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Грузовой корабль Cygnus назвали в честь погибшего астронавта NASA

Корабль, который отправится 17 апреля к МКС, будет носить имя Роджера Чаффи, который погиб при испытании корабля Apollo 1 27 января 1967 года

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 26 марта. /ТАСС/. Грузовой корабль Cygnus компании Northrop Grumman, который отправится 17 апреля к Международной космической станции (МКС), назван в честь астронавта NASA Роджера Чаффи, погибшего при испытании корабля Apollo 1 27 января 1967 года.

"В этом году отмечается 50-я годовщина со дня высадки на Луну членов экипажа Apollo 11. Вспоминая о той экспедиции, мы вспоминаем и о тысячах тех людей, кто пошел на жертвы во имя успеха этой программы, - указал в заявлении, размещенном в Facebook, вице-президент Northrop Grumman Фрэнк ДеМауро. - Трое из них пожертвовали жизнью во имя того, чтобы человечество достигло Луны. Это Эд Уайт, Вирджил Гриссом и Роджер Чаффи - астронавты, трагически погибшие при наземном испытании корабля Apollo 1.

Старт грузового корабля Roger Chaffee - 11-й по счету полет грузового корабля этого типа к МКС - запланирован на 17 апреля с космодрома на острове Уоллопс (штат Вирджиния) в Атлантическом океане. Корабль будет состыкован с МКС вплоть до июля.

Традиция давать имена космическим кораблям в честь астронавтов существует в Northrop Grumman с 2014 года. Ранее кораблям уже давались имена астронавтов Дэвида Лоу, Дженис Восс, Дика Слейтона, Рика Хасбанда, Алана Пойндекстера, Джона Гленна и Юджина Сернана. Грузовой корабль, состыковавшийся с МКС в ноябре 2018 года, носил имя Джона Янга, совершившего полеты на кораблях Gemini, Apollo и на космических кораблях многоразового использования Space Shuttle.

Предстоящий полет корабля Roger Chaffee станет последним в рамках нынешнего контракта Northrop Grumman с NASA. По новому контракту, который будет выполняться с осени, компания обязана будет доставить на МКС 20 т грузов в ходе шести полетов.

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ЦитироватьNASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 11 ч.11 часов назад


Spacecraft coming through! Early Monday morning, the #Cygnus cargo spacecraft traveled to Wallops Island to get fueled up before launch. Cygnus is on schedule to launch aboard a @northropgrumman Antares rocket on April 17.



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ЦитироватьScientific Investigations Set for Space on NG-11

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Опубликовано: 9 апр. 2019 г.

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to liftoff no earlier than April 17 will carry supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. For this mission, Northrop Grumman will use a new late load capability that allows time-sensitive experiments to be loaded just 24 hours before liftoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqRITyuIojYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqRITyuIojY (1:20)

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https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ng11-research
ЦитироватьApril 8, 2019

Northrop Grumman Carries Technology, Scientific Investigations on Mission to Space Station


A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as the International Space Station orbits over the Pacific Ocean.
Credits: NASA

Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to liftoff on April 17 carries supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. It uses a new late load capability that allows time-sensitive experiments to be loaded just 24 hours before liftoff. Previously, all cargo had to be loaded about four days prior to launch, creating challenges for some types of experiments.

The launch on the company's Antares rocket departs from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. This Cygnus mission is the 11th and final under Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-1 contract with NASA; a CRS-2 contract begins with a cargo launch in the fall. Resupply missions from U.S. companies ensure NASA's capability to deliver critical science research to the space station and significantly increase its ability to conduct new investigations in the only laboratory in space.

Here are some of the scientific investigations NG-11 delivers to the space station:
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Models for growing increasingly complex materials


European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst with the Advanced Colloids Experiment hardware during a previous ACE experiment.
Credits: NASA

Advanced Colloids Experiment-Temperature-10 (ACE-T-10) investigates the growth, microscopic dynamics, and restructuring processes in ordered and disordered structures such as colloidal crystals, glasses, and gels.
Colloids provide ideal models for researching the fundamental principles of internal organization in such structures because their particles are small enough to engage in relevant phenomena, yet large enough for detailed study. Colloidal system interactions vary precisely with temperature and undergo a variety of transitions including crystallization and glass formation. Conducting the study in microgravity removes the effects of gravitational stresses.

Better life science research in a few drops


The Bio-Analyzer, a tool the size of a videogame console, easily tests different body fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine. It helps astronauts accelerate the process of scientific data collection.
Credits: CSA

Bio-Analyzer, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) instrument, enhances life sciences research capabilities on the space station. It performs on-orbit detection and quantification of cell surface molecules on a per cell basis, including blood cell counts, and assesses soluble molecule concentration in a liquid sample such as blood, saliva, or urine. Part of the Life Science Research System (LSRS), the Bio-Analyzer uses just a few drops of liquid – a finger prick versus a standard blood draw, for example – and eliminates the need for freezing and storing samples.

Analyzing aging of the arteries in astronauts

Recent research suggest links between cardiovascular health risk, carotid artery aging, bone metabolism and blood biomarkers, insulin resistance, and radiation. Data also indicate accelerated aging-like changes in many astronauts on the space station, including changes to their arteries. The Space Environment Causes Acceleration of Vascular Aging: Roles of Hypogravity, Nutrition, and Radiation (Vascular Aging) looks at these changes using artery ultrasounds, blood samples, oral glucose tolerance tests, and wearable sensors. It is one of three related Canadian experimentsstudying the effects of weightlessness on the blood vessels and heart.

Testing immune response in space


Official patch for Rodent Research-12, Tetanus Antibody Response by B cells in Space (TARBIS). Designed by James Mathew Bushong.
Credits: Loma Linda University

The U.S. National Laboratory sel ected 12 investigations for its Rodent Research Reference Mission-1, Applications for Spaceflight Biospecimens. Tetanus Antibody Response by B cells in Space (RR-12) examines the effects of spaceflight on the function of antibody production and immune memory. Spaceflight has a dramatic influence on human immune response, but there is little research on how that affects the body's immune system response to an actual challenge. Using a mouse model makes it possible to examine this question since the mouse immune system closely parallels that of humans.

Big buzz for new robot

A small robot takes on big jobs aboard the space station. The free-flying Astrobee can help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for use in microgravity, give astronauts a hand with routine chores, and provide additional eyes and ears for flight controllers in Houston.


Astrobee development engineers Vinh To and Roberto Carlino conduct acoustics testing on the Astrobee Free Flyers and Docking Station before its flight to the space station on NG-11.
Credits: NASA

Building on the success of SPHERES, NASA's first-generation free-flyer, Astrobee, operates either in fully automated mode or under remote control from the ground. It can run longer and requires no supervision fr om the crew, freeing up more astronaut time for research. It also opens up more opportunities to experiment and test capabilities with lower risk. Astrobee is a product of the NASA Game Changing Development Program.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations currently happening aboard the orbiting laboratory. For daily updates, follow @ISS_ResearchSpace Station Research and Technology News or our Facebook. For opportunities to see the space station pass over your town, check out Spot the Station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqRITyuIojY
Melissa Gaskill

International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center
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Last Updated: April 9, 2019
Editor: Michael Johnson

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/04/10/crew-trains-to-capture-u-s-spaceship-and-studies-the-brain-and-breathing/
ЦитироватьCrew Trains to Capture U.S. Spaceship and Studies the Brain and Breathing

Mark Garcia
Posted Apr 10, 2019 at 3:40 pm

The Expedition 59 crew is now training to capture a U.S. cargo ship when it arrives at the International Space Station next week. ...

Fresh off their spacewalk Monday, astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques are now practicing to capture Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter with the Canadarm2 robotic arm. McClain will be at the robotics workstation in the cupola April 19 and command the Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus around 5:30 a.m. EDT. Saint-Jacques will back her up while Flight Engineer monitors Cygnus' systems during its approach and rendezvous. The commercial cargo craft is due to launch April 17 at 4:46 p.m. from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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ЦитироватьApril 9, 2019

Catch the April 17 Antares Launch From Wallops

April 17 will provide the opportunity to view a daytime launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Wallops and Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport are set to support the launch of the Antares rocket, carrying the company's Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station at 4:46 p.m. EDT, April 17.

The launch may be visible, weather permitting, to residents throughout the mid-Atlantic region and possibly the East Coast of the United States.


This visibility map of the Mid-Atlantic illustrates potential viewing opportunities in the region of the launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Credits: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops opens at noon on launch day for public 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.

Visitors are reminded that alcohol, pets and firearms are not allowed on the NASA Visitor Center grounds. Also, because of limited parking, over-size vehicles such as campers and recreational vehicles will not be able to park on the Visitor Center grounds.


This file photo shows a launch of an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls

For more information about the Visitor Center, including directions, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/visitorcenter

If you can't make it to the Wallops area to view the launch you can still partake in the experience through the Wallops Mission Status Center. There you will find information about the mission and links to live countdown audio as well as live video of the launch. Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. April 17 on the Wallops video and audio Ustream sites.
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The Status Center can be reached using a smartphone, computer or tablet using most web browsers including Safari, Firefox or Chrome. It is not compatible with Explorer.

By clicking the tracking link on the Status Center, you can find when you may be able to see the rocket in flight and use your device to find the viewing direction to see the rocket streak across the early morning sky.

Launch updates will be available via the Wallops Facebook and Twitter sites.

Launch coverage on NASA TV will begin at 4:15 p.m. EDT. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

Get more information about Northrop Grumman, its Antares rocket and the Cygnus cargo spacecraft at: http://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman

By Keith Koehler
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.
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Last Updated: April 10, 2019
Editor: Rob Garner

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https://ria.ru/20190412/1552648422.html
ЦитироватьГрузовой корабль Cygnus после пуска к МКС проведет на орбите восемь месяцев
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МОСКВА, 12 апр - РИА Новости. Американский грузовой корабль Cygnus, запуск которого к Международной космической станции планируется на 17 апреля, будет летать на орбите рекордные для этой серии кораблей восемь месяцев, сообщило в пятницу НАСА.

Всего к МКС в 2013-2018 годах были отправлены 11 грузовых кораблей Cygnus, из которых один в 2014 году не долетел до станции вследствие аварии ракеты-носителя Antares. Самый длительный полет (100 суток или более трех месяцев) совершил предыдущий корабль в период с ноября 2018 года по февраль 2019 года.

На сайте НАСА отмечается, что запуск корабля Cygnus намечается 17 апреля в 16:46 восточноамериканского времени (23:46 мск). Его ловлю манипулятором станции, управляемым астронавтом НАСА Энн МакКлейн, планируется осуществить 19 апреля в 05:30 восточноамериканского времени (12:30 мск).

НАСА также сообщило, что корабль покинет МКС 23 июля, после чего выведет на орбиту малые спутники. Он будет совершать автономный полет до декабря, затем его сведут с орбиты после восьми месяцев в космосе.

В настоящее время на борту МКС находится экипаж в составе россиян Олега Кононенко и Алексея Овчинина, американцев Энн МакКлейн, Ника Хейга и Кристины Кук, а также канадца Давида Сен-Жака.

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-april-17-cygnus-launch-to-international-space-station
ЦитироватьApril 12, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-028

NASA TV Coverage Set for April 17 Cygnus Launch to International Space Station


View of Expedition 58 flight engineer (FE) David Saint-Jacques collecting breath, ambient air, and blood samples in support of the Marrow investigation.
Credits: NASA/Anne McClain

NASA's commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the international Space Station at 4:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 17. The launch, as well as briefings preceding and following liftoff, will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website

Loaded with 7,500 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, this Northrop Grumman's 11th commercial resupply NASA-contracted mission. It will launch from Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.

About two-and-a-half hours after launch, an automated command will initiate deployment of the spacecraft's solar arrays. Full deployment will take approximately 30 minutes.

The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Roger Chaffee, will arrive at the space station Friday, April 19. At about 5:30 a.m., Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain will grapple the spacecraft using the station's robotic arm. She will be backed up by David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency. NASA astronaut Nick Hague will monitor Cygnus systems during its approach. After capture, ground controllers will command the station's arm to rotate and install Cygnus on the bottom of the station's Unity module.

Complete NASA TV coverage of launch activities is as follows:

Tuesday, April 16:
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  • 1 p.m. – What's on Board science briefing
    • Pete Hasbrook, manager, International Space Station Program Science Office
    • Liz Warren, associate program scientist, International Space Station National Lab
    • Andrew Zarechnak, Cygnus vehicle manager, Northrop Grumman
    • Maria G. Bualat, Astrobee Facility, Facility Deputy Group Lead, Intelligent Robotics Group at Ames Research Center
    • Dmitry Starodubov, Chief Scientist, Space Fibers
    • Trisha Rettig, post-doctoral fellow, and Nina Nishiyama, research associate, Rodent Research-12
    • Bob Twiggs, professor of Astronautics and Space Science at Morehead State University/Co-Inventor of the CubeSat, Twiggs Space Lab; Marty Estep, Antares program operations manager at Northrop Grumman; and Chris Hale, program manager for Virginia Space ThinSat Program
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    • 4 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference
      • Pete Hasbrook, manager, International Space Station Program Science Office
      • Joel Montalbano, deputy manager, International Space Station Program deputy manager
      • Doug Voss, deputy chief of the Wallops Range and Mission Management Office
      • Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, Space Systems, Northrop Grumman
      • Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president, Northrop Grumman
      [/li][/LIST]Wednesday, April 17:
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      • 4:15 p.m. – Launch coverage begins
      • 7 p.m. – Cygnus solar array deployment coverage begins
      • 8:15 p.m. – Postlaunch news conference
        • Joel Montalbano
        • Frank DeMauro
        • Kurt Eberly
        • Pete Hasbrook
        [/li][/LIST]Friday, April 19
          [/li]
        • 4 a.m. – Coverage of Rendezvous and capture of Cygnus
        • 7 a.m. – Coverage of Cygnus installation operations
        ...
        The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until July 23, when it will depart, deploy NanoRacks customer CubeSats, and then have an extended mission in orbit until December before it will dispose of several tons of trash during a scheduled fiery reentry and destruction in Earth's atmosphere.

        This will be the final mission under Northrop Grumman's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA before starting the CRS-2 contract missions this fall. Under Northrop Grumman's contract, the company will fly 11 missions.

        -end-
        Stephanie Schierholz / Gina Anderson
        Headquarters, Washington
        202-358-1100 / 202-358-1160
        stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov / gina.n.anderson@nasa.gov

        Last Updated: April 12, 2019
        Editor: Sean Potter

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        ЦитироватьNorthrop Grumman‏Подлинная учетная запись @northropgrumman 10 апр.

        We're just one week away from our NG-11 #Antares #Cygnus launch to the @Space_Station! If you're on the East Coast, you may be able to spot the launch. Take a look at this viewing map, then turn your eyes to the sky next Wednesday, April 17 at 4:46 p.m. ET! #NorthropGrumman