A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket bring a Cygnus spacecraft loaded with cargo bound for the International Space Station is stood up vertical on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceports Pad-0A, Friday, July 28, 2023, at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grummans 19th contracted cargo resupply objective with NASA to the International Space Station will provide more than 8,200 pounds of science and research, team materials, and automobile hardware to the orbital laboratory and its team.
Expedition 69 crew is preparing for the Cygnus spacecraft delivery to ISS, which is carrying more than 8,200 pounds of materials. The crew likewise engaged in health examinations, spacesuit surveys, and preparing for a Russian spacewalk.
On Monday, July 31, the Expedition 69 team got ready for a cargo shipment to the International Space Station (ISS) this week. Health examinations and spacesuit surveys were also performed.
NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio invested most of their day getting ready for Fridays capture of Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft. The duo completed another robotics practice session of Cygnus berthing and capture in the morning, followed by a practice of grapple treatments in the Cupola utilizing the stations robotic arm, Canadarm2, in the afternoon.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus spacecraft packed with freight bound for the International Space Station is stood up vertical on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceports Pad-0A, Friday, July 28, 2023, at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grummans 19th contracted freight resupply objective with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 8,200 pounds of science and research study, crew materials, and car hardware to the orbital lab and its crew. The CRS-19 Cygnus spacecraft is set up to launch at 8:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The CRS-19 Cygnus spacecraft is called after NASA astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark who flew aboard Columbia STS-107.
The CRS-19 Cygnus spacecraft is called after NASA astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark who flew aboard Columbia STS-107. In this image, the launch of area shuttle bus Columbia on objective STS-107 is reflected in close-by water as billows of smoke and steam roll across the landscape. Following an uneventful and flawless countdown, liftoff happened at 10:39 a.m. EST on January 16, 2003. The 16-day research study mission was the 28th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the 113th flight overall in NASAs Space Shuttle Program. Columbia and the STS-107 team were lost over east Texas throughout the landing descent to Kennedy Space Center on February 1, 2003, approximately 16 minutes before landing. Credit: Courtesy of Scott Andrews
Cygnus is targeted to introduce today, August 1 from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, bring more than 8,200 pounds of materials and science to the station. On Friday, August 4, Hoburg will record Cygnus utilizing Canadarm2, and Rubio will act as backup, marking Northrop Grummans 19th industrial resupply objective.
Near completion of the day, Rubio consolidated food products in preparation for Cygnuss arrival. Meanwhile, Hoburg verified the battery power of jetpacks connected to spacesuits. The jetpacks, likewise referred to as SAFERs (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue), supply astronauts the capability to navigate back to the station in the unlikely event they ended up being untethered throughout a spacewalk.
UAE (United Arab Emirates) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi completed orbital plumbing jobs in the early morning. He then moved into the Harmony module to prep for Fridays space freighter capture and ended his day establishing the Berthing Camera System in the Unity module.
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen carried out Immunity Assay operations, a continuous examination that intends to monitor the effect of spaceflight stress factors on cellular immune functions.
The three cosmonauts, Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev, all prepared for an upcoming Russian spacewalk on August 9.