GO/NO GO poll between NG MCC and MCC-H
Resuming Final Approach to Capture Point.
Nice view if ship against the clouds
Leslie Ringo: "GO for capture sequence".
Cygnus in Free Drift (and ISS into a Fine Attitude Hold with thrusters disabled).
Post capture configuration: ISS crew safing SSRMS and then hand robotics off to ROBO at MCC-H
Welcome to S.S. Ellison Onizuka !
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8 a.m. EDT – Coverage of the installation of the Northrop Grumman NG-16 Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station (All Channels)
The successful launch of the Antares launch vehicle was ensured by the RD-181 engines
08/12/2021 12:34
On Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 01:01:55 Moscow time, the Antares-230 + launch vehicle with the American Cygnus NG-16 [SS Ellison Onizuka] cargo spacecraft was launched from the cosmodrome on the island. Wallops (Virginia, USA).
The successful launch of the Antares-230 + launch vehicle was ensured by the RD-181 engines operating at the first stage, produced at the Scientific and Production Association "Energomash" named after Academician V.P. Glushko (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).
The Cygnus spacecraft will deliver payload to the International Space Station, including equipment and materials for scientific research. Cygnus is expected to arrive at the ISS on August 12th.
The ship is named after the first American astronaut with Asian roots to go into space, Ellison Onizuki (1946-1986).
https://www.roscosmos.ru/32162/
Cygnus spacecraft captured by space station's robotic arm