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[b]Northrop Grumman Set to Launch 14th Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station[/b] [i]S.S. Kalpana Chawla spacecraft ready for liftoff aboard an Antares rocket carrying vital supplies and equipment for the crew aboard the station[/i] Northrop Grumman Corporation is set to launch the company's 14th resupply mission (NG-14) to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. The NG-14 mission's Cygnus spacecraft will launch aboard the company's Antares rocket with nearly 8,000 pounds (approximately 3,600 kg) of scientific research, supplies and hardware for the astronauts aboard the station. Liftoff of the Antares rocket is scheduled for Oct. 1 at 9:38 p.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. A secondary mission is also planned for Cygnus once it leaves the space station in approximately three months. The spacecraft hosts the Northrop Grumman-built SharkSat payload and will perform the Saffire–V experiment. The S.S. Kalpana Chawla will remain attached to the ISS for approximately three months before departing with up to 8,200 pounds (approximately 3,720 kilograms) of disposal cargo.
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