Close to 200,000 people watched live as Northrop Grumman’s mission successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. The S.S. Laurel Clark Cygnus spacecraft atop the Antares rocket is carrying a new water dispenser, artwork from students around the world, research materials, medical studies and other supplies to the International Space Station. The mission marks the final resupply for the ISS.
The S.S. Laurel Clark is due to dock with the ISS this Friday (Aug. 4). The spacecraft is named for Laurel Clark, NASA astronaut, medical doctor, U.S. Navy captain and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark was killed along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
