Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission Heads for International Space Station

Mark Carreau February 20, 2021
Cygnus 15 launch
Cygnus 15 cargo vehicle lifts off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility atop a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket named for the late Katherine Johnson, an African-American whose math skills helped make possible early manned space launches.
Credit: NASA
Northrop Grumman’s 15th NASA contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was on track to rendezvous with the six-person orbiting science lab early Feb. 22, following a successful weekend liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the agency’s Wallops Island Flight...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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