Welcome to the @Space_Station, Kalpana Chawla!Today we received #Cygnus #NG14 spacecraft named after Kalpana Chawla, the first astronaut of Indian origin launched into space but died in the Shuttle Columbia disaster. Like last time, @Astro_SEAL and me captured the spacecraft pic.twitter.com/jMttWfj4TS— Ivan Vagner (@ivan_mks63) October 5, 2020
Welcome to the @Space_Station, Kalpana Chawla!Today we received #Cygnus #NG14 spacecraft named after Kalpana Chawla, the first astronaut of Indian origin launched into space but died in the Shuttle Columbia disaster. Like last time, @Astro_SEAL and me captured the spacecraft pic.twitter.com/jMttWfj4TS
Release occurred at 10:11 am Eastern time (15:11 UTC), with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins monitoring the Cygnus spacecraft’s onboard systems during the departure phase.