Skin aging investigation among 8,300 pounds of cargo headed to space station – WTSP.com

NASA and Northrop Grumman are eyeing a 12:40 p.m. ET launch on Feb. 19.

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. Astronauts onboard the International Space Station are about to receive a special delivery.

NASA and Northrop Grumman are eyeing a 12:40 p.m. ET launch of the latest commercial resupply mission on Feb. 19 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Loaded up withmore than 8,300 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and research, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft will get a lift to space from an Antares rocket.

Among the cargo making the trek to the orbiting laboratory will be a study that examines the effects of a drug on breast cancer and prostate cancer cells, new hydrogen sensors to test the ISS's oxygen generation system and a new combustion facility.

Also tucked away in the thousands of pounds of cargo will be a Colgate-Palmolive investigation that will "leverage the acceleration of skin aging in microgravity."

The cargo is set to arrive at the ISS in the early hours of Feb. 21. NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron will participate in the capture of Cygnus.

The spacecraft will have a bit of a stay at the space station with a departure scheduled for May. NASA says Cygnus will dispose of several tons of trash during its "fiery" reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

10 Tampa Bay will be streaming the launch live on Facebook, YouTubeand online. NASA will also be providing a live feed of the launch which can be found on its websiteor YouTubepage at 12:15 p.m. ET.

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