NG-20 S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson Cygnus capture

Launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Mission to the Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

It is the first time the Northrop Grumman Cargo Cygnus spacecraft has flown on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.This Cygnus is named SS Patty Hilliard Robertson to commemorate the late NASA Astronaut Dr.Patty Hilliard Robertson,who perished in a plane crash in 2001.Among the experiments onboard Cygnus are a demonstration of robotic surgery in space,3D printing of small metal parts in space,and a test of heat shield materials.

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