Aug. 19, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@xxxxxxxx/j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@xxxxxxxx Barron Beneski Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va. 703-406-5528 beneski.barron@xxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-173 SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIER ARRIVING AT NASA WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, is scheduled to arrive at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Reporters are invited to cover the arrival of Cygnus' Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. NASA officials and Orbital representatives will be available for interviews. To attend, journalists must contact Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or e-mail keith.a.koehler@xxxxxxxx by noon EDT on Aug. 23. During the next several months, Orbital's engineering team will integrate the PCM with the Cygnus service module that includes the spacecraft's avionics, propulsion and power systems. The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight early next year on an Orbital Taurus II launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company. Cygnus will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at Wallops. For information about the spacecraft, visit: http://www.orbital.com/CargoResupplyServices/ For information about NASA's commercial space transportation efforts, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/index.html -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
