{"id":55400,"date":"2020-02-04T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-457922"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:30:28","slug":"nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-cygnus-launch-to-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-coverage-set-for-cygnus-launch-to-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=300,246 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=768,630 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=1024,841 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=1536,1261 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=400,328 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=600,492 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=900,739 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=1200,985 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49001182602_ae95a61784_k.jpg?resize=2000,1642 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Nov. 2, 2019. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: 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 time to refresh critical late load science. The weather forecast calls for 80 percent favorable weather conditions. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 3:15 p.m. The advisory previously was updated to reflect changes in participants in the What\u2019s on Board briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northrop Grumman\u2019s next NASA resupply services mission to the International Space Station is targeted for launch at 5:39 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 9. Live coverage of the launch and briefings will begin at 5 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company\u2019s 13th commercial resupply services mission using its Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch on its Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/wallops\/home\">Wallops Flight Facility<\/a> in Virginia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loaded with approximately 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware,  the Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northropgrumman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Space_NG-13_Robert_Lawrence_Biography.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert H. Lawrence<\/a>, will arrive at the space station Tuesday, Feb. 11 at about 4:30 a.m. NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan will grapple Cygnus and NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Meir<\/a>\u202fwill be acting as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module\u2019s Earth-facing port. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May 11, when it will depart the orbiting laboratory. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/saffire\">Saffire-IV<\/a> experiment will be conducted within Cygnus 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\u2019s atmosphere May 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media registration for the launch and associated activities is closed. Media can submit questions during the prelaunch news conference and the What\u2019s on Board briefing using #askNASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete coverage of launch activities is as follows (all time Eastern):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, Feb. 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 a.m. \u2013 Prelaunch News Conference <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Ven Feng, manager, International Space Station Transportation Integration Office, NASA\u2019s International Space Station program <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist, International Space Station Program Science Office  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Jeff Reddish, project manager, Wallops Range Antares <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager, Tactical Space Systems, Northrop Grumman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president, Launch and Missile Defense Systems, Northrop Grumman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 p.m. \u2013 What\u2019s on Board Briefing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist, NASA\u2019s International Space Station Program Science Office  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Patrick O\u2019Neill, marketing and communications senior manager, International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Heath Mills, co-investigator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8079\">Phage Evolution<\/a>, and chief scientific officer, Rhodium Scientific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Bruce Hammer, principal investigator, and Louis Kidder, co-investigator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1149\">OsteoOmics<\/a>, University of Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Christopher Own, facility manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Facility.html?#id=7657\">Mochii<\/a>, and chief executive officer, Voxa, and James Martinez, materials scientist, NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7      Gary Ruff, project manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1923\">Saffire-IV<\/a>, NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, Feb. 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 p.m. \u2013 Launch coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 a.m. \u2013 Capture of Cygnus with the space station\u2019s robotic arm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 a.m. \u2013 Cygnus installation operations coverage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA\u2019s ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the Northrop Grumman mission by going to the mission webpage at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/northropgrumman\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Gina Anderson<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\ngina.n.anderson@nasa.gov<br \/>\nKeith Koehler<br \/>\nWallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.<br \/>\n757-824-1579<br \/>\nkeith.a.koehler@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: 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 time to refresh critical late load science. 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