NASA Sets Coverage
for Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch
Jul 30, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY M24-105
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after being captured at the International Space
Station. Credit: NASA
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 11:28 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 3, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International
Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency.
NASA’s live launch coverage will begin at 11:10 a.m. on NASA+,
NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube,
and the agency’s website. Learn
how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms, including social media.
Filled with nearly 8,200 pounds of supplies, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft, carried on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral
Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA coverage of arrival will begin at 2:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5 on NASA+,
NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube,
and the agency’s website. NASA
astronaut Matthew Dominick will capture Cygnus using the station’s robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will act as backup to Dominick. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port.
Highlights of space station research facilitated by delivery aboard this Cygnus are:
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative also is sending two
CubeSats to deploy from the orbiting laboratory, CySat-1 from Iowa State University and DORA (Deployable Optical Receiver Aperture) from Arizona State University, making up ELaNa 52 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites).
Media interested in speaking to a science subject matter expert, should contact Sandra Jones at sandra.p.jones@xxxxxxxx.
The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until January when it will depart the orbiting laboratory at which point it will burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
This spacecraft is named the S.S. Richard “Dick” Scobee after the former NASA astronaut.
NASA’s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):
Friday, Aug. 2
3 p.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants:
Media who wish to participate by phone must request dial-in information by 1 p.m. Aug. 2, by emailing Kennedy’s newsroom at ksc-media-accreditat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website at:
Saturday, Aug. 3:
11:10 a.m. – Launch coverage begins on NASA+,
NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube,
and the agency’s website.
NASA Television launch coverage
Audio of the news teleconference and launch coverage will not be carried on the NASA “V” circuits. Launch coverage without NASA TV commentary via a tech feed will not be available for
this launch.
NASA website launch coverage
Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the public can register to
attend this launch virtually. NASA’s virtual guest program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following launch.
Engage on Social Media
Let people know you’re watching the mission on X, Facebook, and Instagram by following and tagging these accounts:
X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASASocial, @Space_Station, @ISS_Research, @ISS_CASIS
Facebook: NASA, NASAKennedy, ISS, ISS
National Lab
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @ISS, @ISSNationalLab
Coverage en Espanol
Did you know NASA has a Spanish section called NASA en Espanol? Check out NASA en Espanol on X, Instagram, Facebook,
and YouTube for
additional mission coverage.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: antonia.jaramillobotero@xxxxxxxx o messod.c.bendayan@xxxxxxxx.
Learn more about the commercial resupply mission at:
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