Watch the pre-launch news conference held Monday, April 17 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to preview liftoff of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus OA-7 cargo ship aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the International Space Station.
Briefing participants are:
* Joel Montalbano, NASA’s deputy manager of the International Space Station program
* Vern Thorp, United Launch Alliance’s program manager for commercial missions
* Frank Culbertson, Orbital ATK’s Space Systems Group president
* Tara Ruttley, associate program scientist for the space station
* David Craft, launch weather officer at the 45th Weather Squadron
Video courtesy: NASA
OA-7 Cygnus: What’s aboard?
Learn what science investigations are launching to the International Space Station aboard the OA-7 Cygnus commercial resupply freighter in this preview briefing with lead researchers.
Rocket and spacecraft overviews
Insights into the United Launch alliance Atlas 5 rocket and the Orbital ATK OA-7 Cygnus cargo ship are provided by company employees on the eve of liftoff.
See earlier OA-7 Cygnus coverage.
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