A U.S. company makes its debut this week as a space station delivery service, and the lone American aboard the orbiting lab is counting on a fresh stash of chocolate.
Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch an unmanned Antares rocket containing Cygnus on Wednesday morningNASA is paying Orbital Sciences and the California-based SpaceX company to keep the space station well stocked now that the space shuttle era has ended.Orbital Sciences conducted a practice Antares launch in April with a mock payload. This will be its first space station run, coming more than a year after the initial SpaceX delivery.Because this is considered a test flight, the Cygnus will carry up mostly food and other nonessential items. That suits Nyberg and her two male crewmates -- an Italian and a Russian. They have been in orbit since the end of May, with two more months to go. Three more residents arrive later next week.Given a Wednesday launch, the Cygnus should arrive at the space station on Sunday. Unlike the SpaceX Earth-returning Dragon, it will be filled with trash and, once cut loose, burn up during descent.Russia, Europe and Japan also send up supplies.
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Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch an unmanned Antares rocket containing Cygnus on Wednesday morningNASA is paying Orbital Sciences and the California-based SpaceX company to keep the space station well stocked now that the space shuttle era has ended.Orbital Sciences conducted a practice Antares launch in April with a mock payload. This will be its first space station run, coming more than a year after the initial SpaceX delivery.Because this is considered a test flight, the Cygnus will carry up mostly food and other nonessential items. That suits Nyberg and her two male crewmates -- an Italian and a Russian. They have been in orbit since the end of May, with two more months to go. Three more residents arrive later next week.Given a Wednesday launch, the Cygnus should arrive at the space station on Sunday. Unlike the SpaceX Earth-returning Dragon, it will be filled with trash and, once cut loose, burn up during descent.Russia, Europe and Japan also send up supplies.