How you can watch cargo craft "Sally Journey" launch to ISS

Replace: The launch of the Antares rocket has been delayed as a consequence of a fireplace alarm on the management heart. The rocket will stay on the launch website and one other launch try might be made on Monday, November 7 at 5:27 a.m. ET (2:27 a.m. PT). Protection is on the market on NASA TV from 5 a.m. ET (2 a.m. PT) on Monday morning.

Early tomorrow morning a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia carrying provides and gear to the Worldwide House Station (ISS). The launch of the uncrewed cargo mission might be live-streamed by NASA, and beneath we’ve bought the main points on easy methods to watch alongside at house.

The launch is scheduled for five:50 a.m. ET (3:50 a.m. PT) so this might be one for the early birds! For those who’re not up that early on a Sunday, you possibly can tune in to see the spacecraft dock with the ISS on Tuesday, November 8 as a substitute.

What to anticipate from the launch

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus spacecraft loaded with cargo certain for the Worldwide House Station stands vertical on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. NASA/Jamie Adkins

That is the 18th resupply mission despatched to the ISS by Northrop Grumman, which gives resupply providers to NASA together with SpaceX. The Cygnus spacecraft might be crammed with over 8,000 kilos of provides for the crew and scientific experiments to be carried out within the microgravity setting of the area station. Carried by an Antares rocket, the Cygnus for this mission has been named Sally Journey in honor of the American spaceflight pioneer.

The climate is wanting promising for the launch, with NASA sharing that there’s 80% favorable circumstances within the space. There’s “a slight probability of low-level clouds which will doubtlessly violate cloud ceiling necessities,” NASA writes, however the typically heat and calm circumstances are excellent news for the deliberate launch.

How you can watch the launch

The launch of the cargo mission might be livestreamed on NASA TV. You possibly can tune into protection starting at 5:30 a.m. ET (2:30 a.m. PT) on Sunday, November 6, both by utilizing the video embedded close to the highest of this web page or by heading on to NASA’s Reside channel on YouTube. The launch itself is scheduled for five:50 a.m. ET (2:50 a.m. PT).

The cargo craft will journey to the area station all through Sunday and Monday and is scheduled to reach early on the morning of Tuesday, November 8. Protection of its arrival and seize will start on NASA TV at 4:30 a.m. ET (1:30 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, with protection of the set up of the craft to the ISS starting at 7:30 a.m. ET (4:30 a.m. PT).