Space Station Commercial Cargo Carrier Arriving At NASA Wallops

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aug. 19, 2011

Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1979/5241 
michael.j.braukus@xxxxxxxx/j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx 

Keith Koehler 
Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 
757-824-1579 
keith.a.koehler@xxxxxxxx 

Barron Beneski 
Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va. 
703-406-5528 
beneski.barron@xxxxxxxxxxx   


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-173

SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIER ARRIVING AT NASA WALLOPS

WASHINGTON -- NASA's partnership with industry to develop 
transportation to the International Space Station reaches another 
milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital 
Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the 
station, is scheduled to arrive at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in 
Virginia. 

Reporters are invited to cover the arrival of Cygnus' Pressurized 
Cargo Module (PCM) at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. NASA officials and 
Orbital representatives will be available for interviews. To attend, 
journalists must contact Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or e-mail 
keith.a.koehler@xxxxxxxx by noon EDT on Aug. 23. 

During the next several months, Orbital's engineering team will 
integrate the PCM with the Cygnus service module that includes the 
spacecraft's avionics, propulsion and power systems. 

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight early 
next year on an Orbital Taurus II launch vehicle under NASA's 
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the 
company. Cygnus will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional 
Spaceport's pad 0A at Wallops. For information about the spacecraft, 
visit: 


http://www.orbital.com/CargoResupplyServices/ 


For information about NASA's commercial space transportation efforts, 
visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/index.html   

	
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