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NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday July 18 to discuss the next science investigations bound for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft on the companys 19th commercial resupply mission for NASA.Audio of the media call will stream live athttpswww.nasa.govliveNASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting launch no earlier than 830 p.m. on Tuesday Aug. 1. The Cygnus spacecraft carried atop the companys Antares rocket will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission will carry scientific research crew supplies and hardware to the space station to support its Expedition 69 crew.Cygnus is scheduled to rendezvous with the station on Friday Aug. 4 for robotic installation to the Unity modules Earth-facing port.To participate in the call media must RSVP at least two hours prior to the start of the event to Joshua Finch at joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov. The public can submit questions on social media using AskNASA. A copy of the agencys media policy is online.Heidi Parris associate program scientist for the International Space Station Program at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston will provide an overview of the research launching aboard the Cygnus spacecraft.In addition to Parris teleconference participants includeDr. David Urban branch chief and principal investigator for Saffire-VI NASAs Glenn Research Center in ClevelandKatherine Toon integration manager for exploration environmental control and life support International Space Station Program at NASA Johnson who will speak on Exploration Potable Water DispenserDr. Shane Hegarty chief scientific officer and co-founder of Axonis Therapeutics Inc. and principal investigator for NeuronixDr. Lasse Clausen professor of Plasma and Space Physics University of Oslo Norway who will speak on Multi-Needle Langmuir ProbeTsutomu Yamanaka principal investigator IHI Corporation and principal investigator for I-Space EssayCargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical hardware and science research to the space station significantly increasing the ability of NASA to conduct new investigations at the orbital outpost. Other U.S. government agencies private industry and academic and research institutions can also conduct microgravity research through our partnership with the International Space Station National Laboratory.The orbiting microgravity laboratory advances scientific knowledge in Earth space physical and biological sciences. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration deeper into the solar system including to the Moon through the agencys Artemis missions.
