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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2019
« Reply #20 on: 10/07/2019 09:17 pm »
SFN gives November 2 approx. 13:50 UTC as launch date from today.
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019
« Reply #22 on: 10/09/2019 06:47 am »
We have a new ELaNa schedule with seven cubesats on ELaNa 25A on NG-12.
https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019
« Reply #23 on: 10/09/2019 09:36 pm »
Cover a launch of science and supplies to the @Space_Station! Media accreditation is open for the @northropgrumman Cygnus launch from @NASA_Wallops in Virginia. Deadlines approaching:

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1182031405452275712

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #24 on: 10/10/2019 03:03 am »
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Media accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply services mission aboard its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.

Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of its Antares rocket for no earlier than 9:59 a.m. EDT Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. This is the first mission under Northrop’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-northrop-grumman-s-space-station-launch-from-virginia

9:59 a.m. EDT = 13:59 UTC right? [Yes]
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #25 on: 10/10/2019 10:19 am »
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #26 on: 10/10/2019 02:49 pm »
We’re inviting social media users to share the experience of the next @northropgrumman cargo launch to the @Space_Station, currently targeted for Nov. 2 from @NASAWallops! Apply to this #NASASocial by midnight Oct. 14:

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1182026699267084289

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #27 on: 10/10/2019 05:28 pm »
October 10, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-108

NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space Station


NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 17, to discuss select science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply mission for the agency to the International Space Station.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live online at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/live

Northrop Grumman is targeting Saturday, Nov. 2, at 9:59 a.m., for the launch of its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket from pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. 

Jennifer Buchli, deputy chief scientist for the International Space Station Program Science Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Michael Roberts, interim chief scientist for the ISS U.S. National Lab, will provide an overview of the research and technology aboard the Cygnus spacecraft.

Also participating in the briefing are:

Thomas Krueger, team lead of the European Space Agency’s Human-Robot Interaction Lab, will discuss the ANALOG-1 investigation, which will test telerobotic operations under microgravity conditions aboard the space station.Mike Snyder, founder, board member, and Chief Engineer for Made In Space, will discuss Made in Space’s Recycler, which will test systems needed to reprocess plastic into 3D printing filament in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. The Recycler will utilize polymer materials to produce filament that can be transferred to the Made in Space 3D printer that has operated on the orbiting laboratory since 2016.Brian York, principal investigator of the Rodent Research-14 investigation, will discuss how the investigation studies the effects of microgravity on the biological circadian rhythm and key organ tissues, including the colon, heart, lung, liver, kidney and hypothalamus. This investigation advances research on the most common liver disease in humans.Kathleen Coderre, principal investigator, will discuss AstroRad, a new vest that could protect astronauts’ vital organs from deep-space radiation. Knowledge gained could also aid the development of shielding technologies for patients on Earth receiving radiation treatments.

To participate in the teleconference, media must contact Gina Anderson at 202-358-1160 or [email protected] by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, for dial-in information. 

The Cygnus spacecraft will carry crew supplies, scientific research and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 60 and 61 crews for the 12th mission under Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.

For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #28 on: 10/11/2019 08:48 am »
https://www.craigtechinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PRESS-RELEASE-October-launch-6.3.19.pdf
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Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions (Craig) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of CraigX, their on-orbit external experimental facility hosted on the NanoRacks International Space Station External Platform (NREP).   The mission is scheduled to launch in October 2019 on the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket mission NG-12 under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) contract.

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The CraigX Flight Test Platform (FTP) is designed to mount externally to the International Space Station (ISS) and promote electronics testing to raise Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) at a low cost and a reduced time frame.  The interchangeable panel design minimizes hardware changes between missions while maximizing flexibility to accommodate customer requirements. Additive manufactured hardware is used internally to reduce manufacturing cost and schedule. Some of the features include:
 
• Flight computer with a custom power distribution board capable of scheduling multiple payloads • Data downlink and uplink availability to analyze data during missions with the option to modify operational software and test parameters while the payload is deployed • 2TB onboard data storage • Wake facing camera with limited streaming   • Two 2.4 in. spiral antennae (nadir and zenith facing) • GPS patch antenna for position data • Volume: ~ 18U • Payloads are not required to conform to standard CubeSat footprints • Typical mission duration: 15-24 weeks

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In addition to CraigX, NG-12 will be carrying the DoD Space Test Satellite-4 (STPSat-4) which is made up of five distinct experiments from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Navy.   These experiments include Radio Frequency (RF) Module Tiles, the Modular Array Technology for Reconfigurable Spacecraft (MATRS) the Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer (iMESA), Navy Interferometric Star Tracker Experiment (NISTEx), and Nanosat Tracking Experiment (NTE).   
 
STPSat-4 will be launched from the ISS using the Space Stations Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS).

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #29 on: 10/11/2019 05:22 pm »
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2019/all2019/155/
Orbital Factory 2: A 1U CubeSat for Additive Manufacturing Tasks in Low Earth Orbit
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Finally, the satellite is scheduled to be launched at the end of this year in an Antares rocket from Wallops and deployed either from a Cygnus spacecraft or the ISS.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2019/all2019/155/
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• Deployment estimated for January 2020

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : NET November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #30 on: 10/12/2019 01:08 am »
This is your chance to see science head to space! Apply now!

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1182803995494105089


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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #32 on: 10/24/2019 08:12 pm »
Cygnus NG-12 is named after Alan Bean:



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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #33 on: 10/25/2019 06:47 am »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #34 on: 10/25/2019 01:04 pm »
I've searched, and cannot find launch weather limits - only probabilities of being within limits.  I'm looking at the 10-day forecast for MARS and see 10% chance of rain and roughly 10mph winds.  How does that compare to launch limits?

Need to make a final go/no-go decision to head up to Wallops - NG-12 is carrying Phoenix, the cubesat my son worked on while at ASU.

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #35 on: 10/25/2019 05:33 pm »
More than 20 separate payloads sponsored by the ISS U.S. National Laboratory will launch to the orbiting laboratory on Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply services mission currently scheduled for no earlier than Nov. 2.

https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS/status/1187481408027189249

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #36 on: 10/26/2019 04:45 am »
October 25, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-121
NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Resupply Mission to International Space Station

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2. NASA’s prelaunch coverage will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning Friday, Nov. 1.

Loaded with around 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s 12th commercial resupply mission for the space station will launch on the company’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on an Antares rocket from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Alan Bean, is named after the late Apollo and Skylab astronaut who died on May 26, 2018, at the age of 86. This Cygnus will launch 50 years to the month after Bean, Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon flew to the Moon on NASA’s Apollo 12 mission, during which Bean became the fourth human to walk on the lunar surface. Bean was the lunar module pilot aboard Intrepid with mission commander Conrad when they landed on Moon at the Ocean of Storms on Nov. 19, 1969.

With a Nov. 2 launch, the Cygnus spacecraft will arrive at the space station Monday, Nov. 4 at about 5:45 a.m., Expedition 61 NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will grapple the spacecraft using the station’s robotic arm. She will be backed up by NASA astronaut Christina Koch. After Cygnus capture, ground controllers will command the station’s arm to rotate and install Cygnus on the bottom of the station’s Unity module.

Complete NASA TV coverage of activities is as follows:

Friday, Nov. 1

    11:30 a.m. – What’s on Board science briefing
        Pete Hasbrook, manager of International Space Station Program Science Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
        Liz Warren, associate program scientist with the U.S. National Lab
        Sam Ting, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-2) principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Ken Bollweg, AMS project manager at Johnson
        Kathleen Coderre, principal investigator for AstroRad Vest at Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado, and Oren Milstein, co-founder and chief scientific officer for StemRad
        Alessandro Grattoni, chairman of the Department of NanoMedicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, and Maurizio Geggiani, chief technology officer at Automobili Lamborghini, for the CraigX Flight Test Platform
        Mary Murphy, senior internal payloads manager for the Zero-G Oven at Nanoracks LLC in Washington
    2:30 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference
        Kirk Shireman, manager of NASA’s International Space Station Program at Johnson
        Pete Hasbrook
        Jeff Reddish, Wallops Range Antares project manager
        Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of Space Systems at Northrop Grumman
        Kurt Eberly, Antares vice president at Northrop Grumman

Saturday, Nov. 2

    9:30 a.m. – Launch coverage begins for a 9:59 a.m. liftoff

Monday, Nov. 4

    4:10 a.m. – Coverage of Cygnus capture with the space station’s robotic arm
    6:30 a.m. – Cygnus installation operations coverage

Media registration for the launch and associated activities has closed. However, media may participate via phone in the What’s on Board briefing and prelaunch news conference. Media interested in participating must contact Gina Anderson at [email protected] for call details.

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until Jan. 13, 2020, when it will depart the station, deploy Nanoracks customer CubeSats, deorbit and dispose of several tons of trash during a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere around Jan. 31.

This will be the first mission under Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA, for which the company will fly a minimum of six missions to the International Space Station through 2024.

Learn more about this space station resupply mission at:

https://www.nasa.gov/northropgrumman
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #37 on: 10/27/2019 01:19 am »
I've searched, and cannot find launch weather limits - only probabilities of being within limits.  I'm looking at the 10-day forecast for MARS and see 10% chance of rain and roughly 10mph winds.  How does that compare to launch limits?

Need to make a final go/no-go decision to head up to Wallops - NG-12 is carrying Phoenix, the cubesat my son worked on while at ASU.
I checked the weather and I saw that Friday looks like there will be rain but Saturday has a 0% chance of rain and still winds of 5-10 mph. Winds are lower on Sunday as of now but a 10% chance of rain. I am heading down as a member of the press for my local HS. However for me there are tours on Friday that do not depend on weather. As of now the weather looks relatively good. Apparently, most hotels in the areas are full btw so just be aware of that if you go.
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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #38 on: 10/28/2019 06:46 pm »
The @Space_Station allows us to perform science you can’t perform anywhere else. Aboard the @northropgrumman #Cygnus launch in Nov, experiments including a test of radiation protection and baking in microgravity will head to the station.

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1188886149537976321

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Re: Antares : Cygnus NG-12 : November 2, 2019 (13:59 UTC)
« Reply #39 on: 10/28/2019 08:39 pm »
From new avenues of food production in space to research that could provide insights into liver disease and reveal new therapies, the #science heading to the @Space_Station onboard @northropgrumman #CRS12 aims to benefit life on Earth:

https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS/status/1188893225597243392

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