A space supply ship carrying some four tons of cargo bound for the International Space Station launched from Virginia on Saturday. The capsule is named for a Black mathematician whose contributions were featured in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures.
The S.S. Katherine Johnson, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule, is due to arrive at the International Space Station Monday, bearing some 8,000 pounds of science and research supplies and vehicle hardware.
The cargo will help astronauts with a variety of projects: learning about muscle loss using worms; investigating astronauts’ sleep quality, experiments for disease treatments; upgrades to the life support systems; testing equipment for moon missions and more.
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