By Kelly Taylor
WKTV Program Director

On Wednesday, April 17, WKTV will be featuring, via the NASA channel, the launch of the newest Northrup Grumman Cygnus Cargo Craft, the S.S. Roger Chaffee, to the International Space Station.

Named after hometown hero Roger B. Chaffee, who died in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire, the space station resupply craft will deliver several tons of cargo including food, supplies and live mice for scientific experiments.

Coverage begins at 4:15 p.m., with the launch scheduled for 4:46 p.m. from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. 

On Friday, April 19, WKTV will feature the rendezvous and capture of the S.S. Roger Chaffee to the ISS. Coverage begins at 4 a.m., with the capture scheduled at 5:30 a.m. Installation of the craft to the Unity Module of the Space Station starts at 7 a.m.

For more information on NASA TV or the International Space Station, visit www.nasa.gov. NASA TV can be seen on the WKTV 26 Government Channel on Comcast and AT&T U-verse 99 Government Channel 99.