NASA will host a Prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants:
- Dina Contella, operations integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Meghan Everett, deputy program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
- Cyrus Dhalla, vice president and general manager, tactical space systems, Northrop Grumman
- Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
This is the 20th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 19th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Low Earth Orbit B1077 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …