As part of NASA’s ongoing effort to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) using commercially-developed space systems, a pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) for Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft arrived at noon EST Thursday, January 29, on an Antonov An-124 aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
As part of NASA’s ongoing effort to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) using commercially-developed space systems, a pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) for Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft arrived at noon EDT Thursday, January 29, on an Antonov An-124 aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Va. This PCM will be used for the ORB-2 resupply mission, slated to launch from Wallops May 1 on Orbital’s Antares rocket. (NASA/Terry Zaperach)