A private cargo spacecraft will take off from Virginia on Tuesday (September 29), carrying a lot of fresh supplies to the International Space Station, including scientific experiments, including Este Lauder’s skincare and a brand new space toilet.
The mission, known as the Cygnus NG-1as, will deliver on the 141st flight for Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus spacecraft and the 13th mission to rebuild the cargo of 6,624 pounds (3,858 kg) on the International Space Station. From NASA’s Walpus Flight Facility in Virginia to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Syngas will board the EDT (0227 AM GMT Sept. 30) on the 29th of September.
The Cygnus spacecraft was named SS Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven astronauts killed in the 2003 Columbia shuttle tragedy, in honor of Northrop Grumman astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
You can see the launch live here Space.com, Live courtesy of NASA TV NASA TV Starting at 10pm EDT (0200 GMT September 30) or NASA Walpus Flowing The site is in the evening. EDT starts from.
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“Humanity faces many challenges today, and I’m proud to be part of a community that regularly takes on challenges that turn problems and opportunities into reality,” said David Brady, assistant program scientist at NASA’s International Space Station program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Thursday (September 24). A prelude spoke about the inauguration during a teleconference.
The cargo carried into space by the nearly 8,000-pound Cygnus will include scientific tests as well as food-like crew supplies and even a newly updated space toilet, officially known as the Universal Waste Management System. The space station will be supplied with cargo to support the ship’s 64 crew, although soon SpaceX’s Crew 1 astronauts will be able to use some of the cargo, as they Will launch October 23rd.
The 23 23 million Space Toilet, built with astronaut input, will be among the key tests and equipment sent through the launch. The toilet is 65% smaller and 40% lighter than the ones currently on the space station, NASA officials said.
Melissa McKinley, manager of the NASA Advanced Exploration Systems Logistics Reduction Project, said, “Favorable plans were made to use toilets for female crew and spent a lot of time working with NASA crews to improve commode use,” the same teleconference.
The radish-growing test in cargo will also be included under the name Plant Habitat-02; Onco selector investigation, which will focus on cancer therapy; A novel water recovery system test; A specialized camera that will capture what it’s like to climb a space station in 360-degree virtual reality; A bottle of skincare serum from Este Ladder; And much more.
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