NASA Television Briefing Previews Science Cargo Being Launched to Space Station

NASA Tele­vi­sion Brief­ing Pre­views Sci­ence Car­go Being Launched to Space Station



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NASA TV aired a news brief­in­gs from Wal­lops Flight Facil­i­ty to pre­view the sci­ence car­go that Orbital Sci­ences’ Cygnus space­craft is sched­uled to trans­port on its mis­sion to resup­ply the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion . Cygnus will car­ry 2,780 pounds of sup­plies to the space sta­tion, includ­ing vital sci­ence exper­i­ments that will expand the research capa­bil­i­ties of the Expe­di­tion 38 crew mem­bers aboard the orbit­ing lab­o­ra­to­ry. The launch of Cygnus atop an Antares rock­et from Pad 0A at Wal­lops Flight Facil­i­ty, is cur­rent­ly sched­uled for Jan. 8 at 1:32 p.m. EST. NASA TV will car­ry the launch live.



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