NASA’s reside protection of the set up of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on the International Space Station is underway. At 5:55 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio appearing as backup, captured the Cygnus spacecraft utilizing the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying over 8,200 kilos of provides, {hardware}, and science experiments.
That is Northrop Grumman’s nineteenth business resupply mission to the house station for NASA. Northrop Grumman named the Cygnus spacecraft the S.S. Laurel Clark in honor of the late NASA astronaut, undersea medical officer, and naval flight officer, Laurel Clark.
Cygnus will stay on the house station till October earlier than it departs for a damaging re-entry into Earth’s environment.
NASA Tv, the NASA app, and company’s website are offering reside protection of the spacecraft’s set up.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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