Mission: Northrop Grumman CRS-13
Launch date: No earlier than Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 5:39 p.m. EDT
Location: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia
Northrop Grumman CRS-13
Launch Resources
- Mission Overview
Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Mission Overview
The National Lab is sponsoring multiple investigations on the Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule that are aimed at improving life on Earth through space-based research.
- Press Release
Northrop Grumman’s 13th Cargo Resupply Mission to Carry Multiple R&D Payloads Sponsored by the ISS National Lab
The launch—which is slated for no earlier than Sunday, February 9— will carry a diverse set of research and technology development projects sponsored by the National Lab.
- Press Release
ISS National Lab Supporting a Series of Life Science Payloads Launching on Northrop Grumman CRS-13
Among the ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads are two investigations from leading academic institutions. Although both fall within the area of life sciences, they are studying very different things.
- Press Release
Demo Mission for Automated Complex Cell Culture Imaging Launching to the ISS National Lab
HNu Photonics Mobile SpaceLab facility offers investigators a quick-turnaround automated platform to perform sophisticated microgravity biology experiments.
- Article
Engaging Students in Research on Nitrogen Fixation in Microgravity
A student-designed experiment currently on station seeks to explore how humans can sustainably grow food crops in space habitats.
- Article
#PhageEvolution: Studying Viruses That Hunt Bacteria in Microgravity
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Rhodium Scientific are using the spaceflight environment to understand how microorganisms evolve in the absence of gravity.
