Cygnus launches atop the Antares rocket from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia (NASA)
As Cygnus approaches the International Space Station, it will be grappled by the crew using the stationâs robotic arm, and then installed on the bottom side of the stationâs Harmony node. After delivering cargo to the station, Cygnus will destructively re-enter the Earthâs atmosphere. It is Northrop Grummanâs 15th resupply mission to the ISS. What were Johnsonâs contributions? Born in 1918 in the town of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Johnson was a research mathematician, who by her own admission, was fascinated by numbers. âI counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed ⦠anything that could be counted, I did,â she stated.