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NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space StationWASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to discuss science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live online at: Northrop Grumman is targeting Sunday, Feb. 9, at 5:39 p.m., for the launch of its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Heidi Parris, assistant program scientist for the International Space Station Program Science Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Liz Warren, senior associate program scientist for the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, will provide an overview of the research and technology aboard the Cygnus spacecraft. Also participating in the briefing are:
The Cygnus spacecraft will carry crew supplies, scientific research and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 61 and 62 crews for the 13th mission under Northrop Grumman's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman
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