Delayed Northrop Grumman ISS Cargo Mission Lifts Off

Mark Carreau February 15, 2020
cygnus launch
The CRS-13 mission successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Feb. 15.
Credit: Terry Zaperach/NASA
Northrop Grumman's 13th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft was on course to reach the International Space Station (ISS) early Feb. 18 to deliver 7,445 lb. of crew supplies, science experiments and other hardware, following a successful liftoff Feb. 15 from the agency's Wallops Island...
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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