And Another 8000 Pounds Of Stuff That May Not Matter As Much To The Astro's Awaiting The Space Toilet
A Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, commercial products, and other cargo after launching at 2116EDT Friday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. The spacecraft launched on an Antares rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 0520EDT Monday, Oct. 5. Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA will use the space station’s robotic arm to capture Cygnus, while Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos monitors t