Launch of Cygnus NG 15 on an Antares Rocket to the ISS [Live: 20.02.2020, 17:36UTC]

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This is the 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station by a Cygnus spacecraft under the Commercial Resupply Services program with NASA.

Mission Details: Wikipedia

Cygnus Spacecraft: Wikipedia

Antares Launcher: Wikipedia

Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia

Cargo:

  • Payload mass: 3'600 kg
  • An experiment about muscle strength, using worms
  • An experiment how microgravity might assist in the manufacturing of artificial retinas
  • An experiment to grow protein crystals in microgravity.

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