NG 18 Antares launches S. S. Sally Ride Cygnus You Tube

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket launched the CRS18 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed Sally Ride, from MARS Pad 0A, at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on 7 November 2022, at 10:32 UTC (05:32 EDT). For NASAs Commercial Resupply Services2 (CRS2) NG18 mission, Cygnus delivers approximately 3, 729 kg (8, 200 lb. ) of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station and is scheduled to arrive on 9 November 2022, around 10:05 UTC (05:05 EDT). The NG18 Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft is named in honor of the late NASA astronaut Sally Ride. In 1983 she became the first American woman to fly in space for STS7, the Space Shuttle Challengers second mission. Credit: Northrop Grumman, NASA, Antares, Cygnus