![]() ![]() “His commitment to America’s human spaceflight program and his distinguished military and political career make him an ideal honoree for the OA-7 Mission.” “John Glenn paved the way for America’s space program, from moon missions, to the space shuttle and the International Space Station,” said Orbital ATK in a public statement. The SS John Glenn Spacecraft before being loaded into the Atlas V fairing. This is a major component in NASA’s vision of long-duration human spaceflight throughout the Solar System and, specifically, toward Mars. ![]() The biological study will inform on how to increase efficiency when growing food and producing oxygen in a microgravity environment. Perhaps the most crucial experiment to NASA’s long-term goals is an Advanced Plant Habitat that will be used to study plant cultures aboard the International Space Station. “The ability to predict how an object will break apart is valuable in the protection of people and property,” says NASA, who will use a RED-Data2 device to take measurements when the SS John Glenn vehicle is headed back toward Earth. NASA will study how objects burn up on reentry through Earth’s atmosphere to determine what materials need to be used to build future spacecraft. One experiment will test how a microgravity environment could contribute to improved drug designs for patients stricken with cancer and inform on reducing costs associated with related drug development. The packed vessel was launched atop an Atlas V rocket built by Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture, United Launch Alliance.Īmong the usual provisions (and a few Easter baskets) for the crew, the SS John Glenn is delivering groundbreaking science. The SS John Glenn is a Cygnus spacecraft built by commercial spaceflight company Orbital ATK and this is the seventh resupply service mission (dubbed OA-7) they are facilitating for NASA. ![]() The mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning at 11:11AM ET. The spacecraft is headed to the International Space Station loaded with almost 4 tons of supplies for the orbiting crew. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL-NASA has launched a cargo spacecraft named in honor of the first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn. Astronaut John Glenn before the historic Friendship 7 mission NASA ![]()
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