NG-20 Falcon 9 launches S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson Cygnus and Falcon 9 first stage landing

For NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) NG-20 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-20 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed “S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson”, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 30 January 2024, at 17:07 UTC (12:07 EST). The NG-20 Cygnus delivers up to 3,748 kg (8,263 pounds) of supplies to the International Space Station and is scheduled to be captured with the station’s robotic arm on 1 February 2024, around 09:20 UTC (04:20 EST). The NG-20 Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft is named after the former NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard Robertson. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1). Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) previously supported 9 missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37 and four Starlink missions. Credit: NASA/Northrop Grumman/SpaceX/NASA/Ben Smegelsky #Cygnus