Spacecraft Berthing
NG-15 Cygnus Berthing
International Space Station International Space Station Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
NASA TV will livestream the rendezvous and capture of Northrop Grumman's NG-15 Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station.
Updates
Nosu • Feb. 22, 2021, 9:42 a.m.
Cygnus NG-15 capture confirmed at 9:38 UTC.
Related Information
Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 20, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the 15th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 14th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft carries the name of American mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
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