NG-16 Antares launches S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230 rocket launched the CRS-16 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed “S.S. Ellison Onizuka”, from MARS Pad 0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on 10 August 2021, at 22:01 UTC (18:01 EDT). For NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) NG-16 mission, Cygnus delivers approximately 3720 kg (8,200 pounds) of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station and is scheduled to arrive on 12 August 2021. The NG-16 Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft is named in honor of Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese origin to reach space. Credit: Northrop Grumman/NASA/Brian Bonsteel/Terry Zaperach #Antares #Cygnus