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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M KATHRYN CLAYTON.

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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JUST RECEIVED A FRESH DELIVERY OF OVER 4 TONS OF SCIENCE

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AND SUPPLIES.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S CYGNUS CARGO VEHICLE NG-12, LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 2ND

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FROM WALLOPS VIRGINIA.

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ON NOVEMBER 4TH, EXPEDITION 61 ASTRONAUTS
JESSICA MEIR AND CHRISTINA KOCH USED THE SPACE

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STATIONS ROBOTIC ARM TO CAPTURE CYGNUS.

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AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL BIRTHING THE WORK BEGAN TO UNLOAD OVER 8200 POUNDS

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OF CARGO INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

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WHILE THIS IS A RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT OF
CARGO FOR CYGNUS, THE ARRIVAL OF NG-12 IS

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ALSO THE FIRST TIME TWO CYGNUS VEHICLES WILL BE IN ORBIT AT THE SAME TIME.

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NG-12 JOINS ITS PREDECESSOR NG-11, WHICH REMAINS IN ORBIT ON AN EXTENDED SECONDARY MISSION

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TO DEMONSTRATE THIS FUTURE CAPABILITY.

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NG-12 WILL REMAIN AT THE SPACE STATION UNTIL JANUARY.

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THIS WEEK BOEING TOOK A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS RETURNING AMERICAN SPACEFLIGHT LAUNCH CAPABILITIES.

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BOEING’S CST-100 STARLINER SPACECRAFT COMPLETED A CRITICAL SAFETY MILESTONE ON MONDAY IN AN

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END-TO-END TEST OF ITS ABORT SYSTEM IN WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO.

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THE TEST VERIFIES THAT EACH OF THE STARLINER’S SAFETY SYSTEMS FUNCTION SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER

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TO PROTECT ASTRONAUTS IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PRIOR TO LIFTOFF BY MOVING

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THEM SAFELY AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH PAD.

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DURING THE TWO MINUTE TEST, THE STARLINERS LAUNCH ABORT ENGINES AND ORBITAL MANEUVERING

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AND ALTITUDE CONTROL THRUSTS FIRED TO PUSH THE SPACECRAFT ABOUT 1 MILE ABOVE LAND AND

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ONE MILE NORTH OF THE TEST STAND.

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THE SUCCESSFUL PAD ABORT TEST IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING NASA’S FUTURE MISSIONS.

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ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE STATION WILL SOON RAMP UP AS THE CREW PREPARES FOR A SERIES OF SPACEWALKS

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TO REPAIR THE LARGEST SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT ON THE STATION.

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THE ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER-02 IS A SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLE DETECTOR THAT LOOKS FOR DARK MATTER,

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ANTIMATTER AND MEASURES COSMIC RAYS.

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AMS-02 TOOK 16 COUNTRIES NEARLY 20 YEARS TO DEVELOP AND WAS INSTALLED

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ON THE SPACE STATION IN 2011.

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THE REPAIR OF THE AMS-02 COOLING SYSTEM WILL ENSURE THAT IT CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE

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DATA AND MORE GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE.

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EXPERTS WILL DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE SPACEWALKS, AND THE FUTURE OF AMS-02, IN A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS

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ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH ON NASA TV AND NASA.GOV.