3-2-1... LIFTOFF! 💨 Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with about 7,600 pounds of science investigations and cargo. It launched on the Antares rocket on Wednesday, April 17, from NASAWallops in Virginia.⁣ Some of the science investigations being delivered to station include: testing gels in microgravity as models for growing increasingly complex materials, a new tool to conduct life sciences research with just a few drops of blood, exploring Vascular Aging and the effects of weightlessness on the blood vessels and heart, examining the effects of spaceflight on the function of antibody production, and immune memory, a fleet of small robots called Astrobees, and a technology that tests a method to remove carbon dioxide from air aboard the orbiting outpost. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls #NASA #northropgrumman #rocket #launch #humansinspace #moontomars #spacestation #spacecraft