Northrop Grumman cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries - collectSPACE.com
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NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard "Patty" Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash before she could fly to the International Space Station, is Northrop Grumman's chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.