We Have Liftoff!⁣
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A @NorthropGrumman Antares rocket,
with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard,
launches at 9:16 p.m.
EDT,
Friday,
Oct.
2,
2020,
from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A,
at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Northrop Grumman's 14th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station (@ISS)
is carrying nearly 8,000 pounds of science and research,
crew supplies,
and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.⁣
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On Monday,
Oct.
5,
Cygnus was successfully berthed to the space station.
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Credit:
NASA/Terry Zaperach⁣
⁣ #NASA #Space #Launch #CommercialSpace #SpaceStation #WallopsIsland #Virginia

Galactic Glamour Shot!
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This spiral galaxy in the constellation of the Wolf sparkles from 60 million light-years away.
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There was recently a supernova in the galaxy.
This supernova (2017cbv)
was a specific type,
in which a white dwarf steals so much mass from a companion star that it becomes unstable and explodes,
releasing enough energy to light up that part of the galaxy.⁣
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Credit:
@EuropeanSpaceAgency/Hubble &
NASA,
A.
Riess et al.;
acknowledgment:
Mahdi Zamani⁣
⁣ #NASA #Hubble #Glamour #Galaxy #TheWolf #Constellation ⁣

🎵
Whoa!
Amber is the color of our energy 🎵

A @NorthropGrumman Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft are ready for liftoff from @NASAWallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The Cygnus,
named the S.S.
Kalpana Chawla after the first female astronaut of Indian descent,
will deliver nearly 8,000 pounds of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station (@ISS).
Launch is targeted at 9:38 p.m.
EDT.
Credit:
NASA/Patrick Black #Rocket #FullMoon #Launchpad #October #WallopsIsland #Virginia #NASA