NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg said she can't wait for this weekend's arrival of a new cargo ship and a fresh supply of chocolate. Dark or milk?<\/p>\n
A Virginia company makes its debut this week as a space station delivery service. And the lone American aboard the orbiting lab is counting on a fresh stash of chocolate. <\/p>\n
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In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg said she can't wait for this weekend's arrival of a new cargo ship named Cygnus. She says it should be similar to other shipments at the International Space Station, even though it will be a first for Orbital Sciences Corp. <\/p>\n
Nyberg is a mechanical engineer and a flight engineer on Expedition 36. On May 28, 2013, she arrived at the ISS. She's the 50th woman in space. <\/p>\n
Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch an unmanned Antares rocket containing Cygnus on Wednesday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It's where NASA launched a moon spacecraft 1 weeks ago. <\/p>\n
NASA is paying Orbital Sciences and the California-based SpaceX company to keep the space station well stocked. <\/p>\n
In December, NASA is expected to start growing lettuce at the ISS. \"December will see six heads of lettuce in Kevlar pillow packs brought to life in 28 days under neon-pink LED lights on the ISS. A half-dozen bunches of leafy greens is obviously not enough to satiate the crew long-term, but a successful crop would be a major development in the quest to figure out how to sustain human life beyond our planet,\" reports Gizmodo. <\/p>\n
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