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Orbital ATK Concludes 7th Commercial Resupply Mission With NASA


TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 — Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) seventh mission to the International Space Station as part of a NASA Commercial Resupply Services-1 contract has concluded with the re-entry of the company’s S.S. John Glenn spacecraft to Earth, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday.

The company said Sunday the Cygnus vehicle sent on the OA-7 mission delivered 7,600 pounds of supplies to ISS, docked at the station for 44 days then conducted in-space research before disposing of 4,300 pounds of items upon re-entry.

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