NASA’s protection is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and extra for the seize of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft. At roughly 7:18 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will seize the spacecraft utilizing the Worldwide Area Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman will help. After seize, the spacecraft can be put in on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading.
On Sept. 16, the Cygnus XL spacecraft’s important engine shut down sooner than deliberate throughout two orbit-raising burns for its area station rendezvous. NASA and Northrop Grumman delayed its arrival whereas flight controllers assessed an alternate method plan. The early shutdown was triggered by a conservative software program safeguard. The spacecraft has been cleared for its method to the orbiting laboratory.
The spacecraft launched at 6:11 p.m. on Sept. 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Area Launch Advanced 40 at Cape Canaveral Area Power Station in Florida, carrying greater than 11,000 kilos of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA. The mission is named NASA’s Northrop Grumman Business Resupply Companies 23, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23.
Reside protection of Cygnus XL set up will start at 8:25 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and extra. Learn to watch NASA content material by means of quite a lot of platforms, together with social media.
NASA will present protection of the spacecraft’s set up starting at 8 a.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, X, Facebook, and the company’s web site.
Study extra about station actions by following @NASASpaceOps and @space_station on X, in addition to the Worldwide Area Station’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.
