Spacecraft Release
NG-16 Cygnus Release & Reentry
International Space Station International Space Station Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
The Northrop Grumman NG-16 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-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)
Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 10, 2021, 10:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the 16th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 15th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This Cygnus spacecraft is named after American astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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