MISSION NAME
Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)
Status
Success
DATE
23 MAR 2016
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United Launch Alliance
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Description
This is the sixth flight of Orbital ATK's unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fifth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Orbital ATK named the vehicle after astronaut Rick Husband who was the commander of STS-107.
Atlas V 401
Rocket Description
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.