Launch Delivers Projects, Supplies, and Experiments to Mission 66

Taking on the perceived dominance of SpaceX in taking on resupply missions for the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman successfully delivered an 8,300-pound supply run aboard a Cygnus spacecraft. The delivery marks the 17th contracted mission under the company's Commercial Resupply Services contract. The Cygnus will remain at the station until May, when it will deploy CubeSats and drop thousands of pounds of garbage during re-entry for easy disposal. Aboard the resupply mission, a number of scientific projects, equipment, and experiments were delivered alongside the regular day to day living and operational cargo needed to survive in orbit.