Northrup Grumman CRS-15: Prelaunch Briefing

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting 12:36 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 20, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Loaded with approximately 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch on the company’s Antares rocket from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Katherine Johnson. Prelaunch News Conference with the following participants: Monica Witt, NASA Communications, Joel Montalbano, Manager, International Space Station Program, NASA David Brady, Associate Program Scientist, International Space Station Program Science Office, NASA Shannon Fitzpatrick, Chief, Range and Mission Management Office, Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Frank DeMauro, Vice President and general Manager, Tactical Space, Northrop Grumman Kurt Eberly, Director, Space Launch Programs, Launch and Missile Defense Systems, Northrop Grumman