Northrop Grumman Engineers Load Final Cargo for Cygnus Launch

2019年4月16日星期二，在弗吉尼亚州美国宇航局瓦勒普斯飞行基地发射台Pad-0A上，任务工程师将最后一批货物装载到诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司安塔雷斯火箭上的天鹅座补给飞船上。诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司与美国国家航空航天局签订的第11次国际空间站货物补给合同将向轨道实验室及其宇航员运送约7600磅的科学研究、宇航员用品和运载工具硬件。

天鹅座计划于2019年4月17日下午4:46发射。

Mission engineers load the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at launch Pad-0A of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 11th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.

Cygnus is slated to launch on April 17, 2019, at 4:46 p.m. ET.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls