Media got a close-up look at Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, packed with cargo for the International Space Station, June 7 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. Media also had an opportunity to speak with NASA and Orbital ATK officials about the space agency’s effort to send supplies to the space station using commercial companies including Robyn Gatens, Deputy Director, International Space Station, NASA Headquarters in Washington DC, and Dan Tani, Senior Director, Mission and Cargo Operations, Orbital ATK, Dulles, Virginia. Orbital ATK will make its fifth Cygnus cargo delivery to the space station this summer under its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The agency and Orbital ATK currently are targeting July for launch on the company’s Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A at Wallops. During the media event Orbital ATK announced that the spacecraft will be named the S.S. Alan Poindexter to honor the memory of former astronaut and Naval Aviator Captain Alan Poindexter. . More information on the next Cygnus mission is available at http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/feature-stories/OA5-Mission-Page/default.aspx?prid=145