A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This is the last Antares to fly with a Ukranian 1st stage and Russian engines.
The Cygnus is also bringing up a fresh batch of hardware, which is always interesting. Most of the payloads go way over my head and outside my area of expertise, but it’s fun to dig into and read up on them.