NASA NG-20 CYGNUS PRE-LAUNCH BFG, Jan 26, 2024, virtual, 6:30 pm ET

Update, January 26, 6:00 pm:  The time has been changed to 6:30 pm ET.

Original Entry: NASA, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman will hold a pre-launch briefing for Northrop Grumman’s NG-20 Cygnus cargo launch to the International Space Station planned for January 29, 2024.

This is the first Cygnus launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9.  Ordinarily Northrop Grumman uses its own Antares rocket and launches from Wallops Island, VA, but it is awaiting a new version of the rocket that does not use parts from Ukraine and Russia.  Northrop Grumman has purchased three Falcon 9 launches in the interim.

Participants in the January 26 briefing are:

• Dina Contella, operations integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• Meghan Everett, deputy program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
• Cyrus Dhalla, vice president and general manager, tactical space systems, Northrop Grumman
• Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron

Audio will air on https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/