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Northrop Grumman’ın Antares roketi ve Cygnus kargo uzay aracının bugünkü fırlatma girişimi[{” attribute=””>NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore has been postponed. The launch was scrubbed due to a fire alarm at Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft control center in Dulles, Virginia. “Scrubbing” is NASA’s term for when the team managing the rocket launch calls off the attempted launch on a specific day.
The Cygnus spacecraft and Antares rocket remain healthy at the Wallops launch site.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus spacecraft loaded with cargo bound for the International Space Station stands vertical on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, Thursday, November 3, 2022, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 18th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 8,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-18 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first American woman in space, Sally Ride. Credit: NASA/Jamie Adkins
The next launch attempt will be on Monday, November 7, in a five-minute window that opens at 5:27 a.m. EST (2:27 a.m. PST). Weather for that window is currently forecast as 70% favorable: High pressure looks to continue to provide tranquil weather to the Mid-Atlantic before breezy conditions impact the Wallops area Tuesday. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV and nasa.gov/live at 5 a.m. EST (2 a.m. PST).
File photo of the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches at 6:01 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 16th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station is carrying nearly 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Credit: NASA Wallops/Brian Bonsteel
Loaded with more than 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch on the company’s Antares rocket from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A on Wallops Island. This Cygnus spacecraft is named S.S. Sally Ride, in honor of the first American woman in space.
NASA’nın Uluslararası Uzay İstasyonu’na (ISS) 18. Northrop Grumman ticari ikmal hizmetleri misyonu, Japonya, Uganda ve Zimbabve’den kamera teknolojisi ve küçük uyduların bir gösterimi ile birlikte bitki mutasyonları ve çamur akışı yapısı gibi konuların bilimsel araştırmalarını yürütüyor. Bu araştırmaları yörüngedeki laboratuvara taşıyan Cygnus uzay aracının şimdi 7 Kasım’da NASA’nın Virginia, Wallops Adası’ndaki Wallops Uçuş Tesisindeki Orta Atlantik Bölgesel Uzay Limanı’ndan kalkması planlanıyor.