Spacecraft Undocking
NG-13 Cygnus Release & Reentry
International Space Station International Space Station Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)
The Northrop Grumman NG-13 Cygnus will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.
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Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 15, 2020, 8:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the 14th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 13th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Spacecraft carries the name of Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., honouring USA's first black astronaut.
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