Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Approaching Station for Robotic Capture
NASA's coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency's YouTube channel for the capture of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.
At approximately 12:50 p.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams will capture the spacecraft using the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. After capture, Cygnus will be installed on the Unity module's Earth-facing port for cargo unloading. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft's installation.
Cygnus XL launched at 7:41 a.m. April 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying approximately 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
The mission is known as NASA's Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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