Cygnus NG-15 Katherine Johnson | International Space Station resupply mission | News Blurb
This is the 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station by a Cygnus spacecraft under the Commercial Resupply Services program with NASA.
Mission Details: Wikipedia
Cygnus Spacecraft: Wikipedia
Antares Launcher: Wikipedia
Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia
Cargo:
- Payload mass: 3'600 kg
- An experiment about muscle strength, using worms
- An experiment how microgravity might assist in the manufacturing of artificial retinas
- An experiment to grow protein crystals in microgravity.
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