Mission: Orbital ATK CRS-6
Launch date: Wednesday, March 23, 2017 at 11:05 p.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
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Mission: Orbital ATK CRS-6
Launch date: Wednesday, March 23, 2017 at 11:05 p.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft “S.S. Rick Husband” and a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket are poised to launch March 23rd on a mission carrying close to 7,500 pounds of experiments and equipment to the ISS.
The ISS is not only a unique platform to conduct innovative research, it is also a facility capable of enabling new business models for low-Earth orbit.
What if you could design and manufacture objects intended for space actually in space, rather than designing them to withstand a rocket launch first to get there?
Made in Space joins forces with the ISS National Lab and NASA to pave the way to 3D printing in space.
Until a year ago, commercially printing objects in space was the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore. This March marked one year since the Additive Manufacturing Facility was launched as a permanent “machine shop” on the ISS.
The ISS National Lab is an outpost on the frontier of space. It is a point from which we can peer out into the undiscovered vastness of the universe to discover who we are, how we got here, and where we are going.
The mission patch developed by Marvel represents all payloads intended for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory in calendar year 2016.
This past year has definitely been a year filled with challenges. To overcome challenges, we must work together, and this year’s theme is about partnering to achieve the transformation needed to address the many challenges we face today—both here on Earth and as we advance our exploration goals to the Moon and beyond.
We know many students are learning at home right now, and hands-on activities are especially important to keep students engaged and learning. Our network of ISS partners has pulled together dozens of no-cost activities for the whole family. After all, we are all in this together.
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