ISS capsule named for astronaut

The first African-American selected as an astronaut is being remembered with the naming of a space station cargo capsule set to launch during February, Black History Month. The 13th Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft has been christened for the late Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., who in 1967 was chosen for the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. The "S.S. Robert H. Lawrence" is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station atop a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., on Feb. 9. (Source: Northrop Grumman 01/22/20) http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-012220a-northrop-grumman-ng13-robert-lawrence.html