On Tuesday, October 25, at 11 a.m. EDT, NASA will hold a media teleconference to go over the upcoming scientific studies, technological trials, crew necessities, and hardware headed for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on the company’s 18th commercial resupply mission for NASA.

On Sunday, November 6, NASA and Northrop Grumman plan to launch no sooner than 5:50 a.m. EST. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Wallops Island will serve as the launch site for the Cygnus spacecraft, which will be mounted atop an Antares rocket. To support the Expedition 68 crew, the mission will deliver hardware, crew supplies, and scientific research to the space station.

To join the call, media must RSVP to Kiana Raines at 202-358-1160 or kiana.a.raines@nasa.gov at least two hours before the call’s start time. Using the hashtag #AskNASA, the public can ask questions on social media.

At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Heidi Parris, an associate programme scientist for the International Space Station Program, will give an overview of the science and engineering that will be carried aboard the Cygnus spacecraft.

Source: Prnewswire