Q&A with Kurt Eberly, Orbital ATK’s Antares deputy program manager

The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the International Space Station’s robotic arm to fly home Tuesday.

Concluding 80 days attached the International Space Station, the commercial Cygnus cargo ship will be detached to fly away Tuesday for an unprecedented onboard fire experiment before re-entering the atmosphere next week.

Boeing’s work on the International Space Station, the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule and NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System are under the umbrella of John Elbon, who leads the company’s space exploration division in Houston.