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Work Underway to Close Cygnus Cargo Module Hatch for CRS-7

Work is underway to close the Cygnus cargo module hatch for CRS-7.
Preparations are underway to close the Cygnus cargo module hatch in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center.

In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to close the hatch of the Cygnus spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module (PCM) for the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission to the International Space Station. Scheduled to launch March 14, 2017, the commercial resupply services mission will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White