2nd LD Writethru: Orbital ATK launches 7th cargo resupply mission to space station
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Orbital ATK's unmanned cargo
ship blasted off Tuesday for its seventh resupply mission to the
International Space Station.
The Cygnus spacecraft, named after former U.S. astronaut John
Glenn, took off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket
at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Florida.
"Liftoff of the Atlas V rocket with Cygnus and the S.S. John
Glenn, extending the research legacy for living and working in
space," a NASA TV commentator said during a live broadcast.
Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. He died last
December at age 95.
MORE CARGO
Cygnus is carrying more than 7,600 pounds (3,400 kilograms) of
cargo to the orbital laboratory, including crew supplies, hardware,
scientific experiments and 38 CubeSats that will be deployed from
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"We are carrying more this time than we have in the past and
that's a good step forward for us and for the crew," Frank
Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space Systems Group, told
reporters during a pre-launch news conference.
"The more research we can carry, the more they靜電油煙處理機租賃 can do their job
and the more they can show the utility of the International Space
Station."
According to the U.S. space agency NASA, the new experiments
include an antibody investigation that could increase the
effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment and an
advanced plant habitat for studying plant physiology and growth of
fresh food in space.
Another new investigation bound for the space station's U.S.
National Laboratory will look at using magnetized cells and tools
to make it easier to handle cells and cultures, and improve the
reproducibility of experiments.
If everything goes well, the spacecraft will arrive at the space
station on April 22 and will stay there until July, when it will
depart with several tons of trash for a fiery reentry into Earth's
atmosphere.
Prior to re-entry, a third and final experiment will be
conducted inside the spacecraft to study how fire burns in space.
The first two space fire experiments took place during previous
Cygnus resupply missions.
360-DEGREE VIEW
Tuesday's launch marked the first time NASA, in coordination
with the ULA and Orbital ATK, has broadcast a rocket launch with a
360-degree view.
"Those who own virtual reality headsets will be able to look
around and experience the view as if they were actually standing on
the launch pad," NASA said in a statement.
"Minimum viewing distance is typically miles away from the
launch pad, but the live 360 stream enables viewers to get a
pads-eye view."
The launch has been delayed several times over the past month
due to hydraulics leaks on the rocket booster and油煙靜電機租賃 ground support
equipment.
"We are sorry we missed Easter," said Culbertson, a former NASA
astronaut, "but we're pretty sure they'll be excited about their
Easter baskets and whatever great things International Space
Station science put on board for them." Enditem
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