CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private cargo ship brought the makings of an Easter feast to the International Space Station on Friday, along with mice and little flying robots.
1 / 3This photo provided by NASA shows a cargo ship arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, April 19, 2019. Space station astronaut Anne McClain used a robot arm to capture Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule as they soared 258 miles above France. The Cygnus and its 7,600-pound shipment rocketed from Wallops Island, Va., on Wednesday, completing the trip in short order. This photo provided by NASA shows a cargo ship arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, April 19, 2019.
The Cygnus and its 7,600-pound shipment rocketed from Wallops Island, Virginia, on Wednesday, completing the trip in a quick day and a half. It holds numerous science experiments, including 40 mice taking part in a tetanus vaccination study, and three boxy free-flying robots designed to assist astronauts inside and out.
Northrop Grumman named this Cygnus the S.S. Roger Chaffee after the youngest of the three astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire in 1967. Chaffee was the only one on the crew who never made it to space.
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