Cygnus truck with food, equipment and space toilet went to ISS
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the successful launch of the Antares launch vehicle with Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft carrying 7,624 lb (3,458 kg) payload for the International Space Station (ISS), including a new space toilet worth $ 23 million, food, equipment, instruments for experiments and other accessories for the astronauts of expedition 63/64.
Antares was launched after a series of weather delays on Friday, October 3 at 9:16 pm EDT (Saturday 04:16 UTC) from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport site at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility located on Wallops Island, Virginia. The USA). The Cygnus cargo vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the ISS on Monday at 05:20 EDT (12:20 UTC).
Expedition 63 commanders Christopher Cassidy from NASA will control the hijacking of the spacecraft using a robotic arm, and expedition flight engineer, Roskosmos cosmonaut Ivan Wagner will track telemetry readings during the Cygnus rendezvous with the ISS, capture, and docking with the American port facing the Earth. Unity module. The spacecraft will stay here until mid-December, after which it will be sent to Earth to burn up in the dense layers of its atmosphere.
This is the 14th flight of the Cygnus space truck to the ISS and the third under the new Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract between NASA and Northrop Grumman.
