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NASA, Partners Adjust Next Cygnus Resupply Launch

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NASA, Partners Adjust Next Cygnus Resupply Launch

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter begins its departure from the International Space Station after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm completing a seven-and-a-half-month cargo mission attached to the Unity module.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter departs the International Space Station on March 28, 2025, after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm completing a seven-and-a-half-month cargo mission attached to the Unity module.
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NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are accelerating the next commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station to maximize launch opportunities following an assessment of mission readiness. NASA now is targeting no earlier than 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 14, for the launch of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The Cygnus XL spacecraft will deliver more than 11,000 pounds of science, research, and supplies* to the orbital complex, including materials to produce semiconductor crystals in space and equipment to develop improvements for cryogenic fuel tanks. The spacecraft also will deliver a specialized UV light system to prevent biofilm growth and supplies to produce pharmaceutical crystals that could treat cancer and other diseases.NASA is targeting arrival of the Cygnus XL spacecraft and its installation aboard the space station on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that enables research not possible on Earth. For almost 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that enable us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

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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Orion Mission Evaluation Room

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Orion Mission Evaluation Room

The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team member works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be meticulously monitoring the spacecraft along its journey. They’ll be operating from a new space in the mission control complex built to host the Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER). Through the success of Orion and the Artemis missions, NASA will return humanity to the Moon and prepare to land an American on the surface of Mars.

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NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 93 Launch, Space Station Docking

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NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 93 Launch, Space Station Docking

The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 5, 2025, for an automated docking to the orbital complex’s Poisk module.
The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 5, 2025, for an automated docking to the orbital complex’s Poisk module.
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NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station.

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 resupply spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 11:54 a.m. EDT (8:54 p.m. Baikonur time), Thursday, Sept. 11, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Live coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

After a two-day journey to the station, the spacecraft will dock autonomously to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda module at 1:27 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13. NASA’s rendezvous and docking coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more.

The Progress 93 spacecraft will remain docked to the space station for approximately six months before departing for re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew. Ahead of the spacecraft’s arrival, the Progress 91 spacecraft will undock from the Zvezda Service Module on Tuesday, Sept. 9. NASA will not stream the undocking.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation enabling research not possible on Earth. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory, where astronauts have learned to live and work in space for extended periods of time. The space station is a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in human exploration at the Moon and Mars.

Learn more about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

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Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See

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Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See

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Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See

A spiral galaxy. It shines brightly at its center, and most of its disk also glows in warm colors. Its two spiral arms, which wind outward from the center, are made up mostly of large patches of bright blue specks. They also contain thin, reddish clouds of dust, and bright pink bubbles of glowing gas, where stars are forming. Distant galaxies are visible around the galaxy as small orange spots, on a dark background.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy NGC 7456.
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While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy with plenty to study. The galaxy, NGC 7456, is located over 51 million light-years away in the constellation Grus (the Crane).

This Hubble image reveals fine detail in the galaxy’s patchy spiral arms, followed by clumps of dark, obscuring dust. Blossoms of glowing pink are rich reservoirs of gas where new stars are forming, illuminating the clouds around them and causing the gas to emit this tell-tale red light. The Hubble observing program that collected this data focused on the galaxy’s stellar activity, tracking new stars, clouds of hydrogen, and star clusters to learn how the galaxy evolved through time.

Hubble, with its ability to capture visible, ultraviolet, and some infrared light, is not the only observatory focused on NGC 7456. ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite imaged X-rays from the galaxy on multiple occasions, discovering many so-called ultraluminous X-ray sources. These small, compact objects emit terrifically powerful X-rays, much more than researchers would expect, given their size. Astronomers are still trying to pin down what powers these extreme objects, and NGC 7456 contributes a few more examples.

The region around the galaxy’s supermassive black hole is also spectacularly bright and energetic, making NGC 7456 an active galaxy. Whether looking at its core or its outskirts, at visible light or X-rays, this galaxy has something interesting for astronomers to study!

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Station Exercise and Physics Research Advancing Earth and Space Health

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Station Exercise and Physics Research Advancing Earth and Space Health

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke works out on the International Space Station's advanced resistive exercise device that mimics free wights in Earth’s gravity and has the capability to work out all major muscle groups.
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke works out on the International Space Station’s advanced resistive exercise device that mimics free wights in Earth’s gravity and has the capability to work out all major muscle groups.
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Exercise research and space physics took precedence aboard the International Space Station while a pair of Expedition 73 crew members enjoyed an off-duty day. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew also focused on maintaining science hardware and inventorying lab gear.

The main purpose of research on the orbital outpost is discovering new phenomena impossible to achieve in Earth’s gravity environment. The new unique insights help provide advanced treatments for both Earthbound and space-caused ailments and may lead to commercial and industrial innovations benefitting households and promoting business and space communities.

The lack of gravity aboard a spacecraft affects an astronaut’s body leading to accelerated muscle and bone loss among other symptoms. One way to counteract the microgravity-influenced effects is through daily two-hour workouts on specialized equipment which also benefit a crew member’s cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

Beginning his day with the Cardiobreath exercise study, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fincke wore a sensor-packed headband and vest measuring his health data while he pedaled on the Destiny laboratory module’s exercise cycle. The data will be downlinked to Earth helping doctors plan fitness programs to protect astronaut health on long-term missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. After his lunch period, Fincke turned his attention to a physics study investigating pharmaceutical manufacturing and 3D printing techniques in space. He set up the Colloidal Solids research hardware inside Destiny’s Microgravity Science Glovebox that may advance human health on and off the Earth.

Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) focused on servicing an array of experimental hardware throughout the orbital lab on Thursday. He first replaced moisture-absorbing cassettes inside an artificial gravity-generating biology research device. Next, he analyzed station water samples for hazardous chemicals then tested a new device that measures the quality of the station’s atmosphere to protect crew health. Yui also inspected the European Enhanced Exploration Exercise Device that is testing smaller, more advanced workout gear for future spaceflights beyond low Earth orbit.

NASA Flight Engineers Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman took a well-deserved break on Thursday following several days of unpacking the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and installing new science experiments aboard the station. One new experiment they activated and began working on is looking at how microgravity affects bone stem cell samples to learn how to protect an astronaut’s skeletal system in space and treat aging conditions and bone diseases on Earth.

Roscosmos Flight Engineer Oleg Platonov kicked off a 24-hour session wearing sensors for an experiment measuring how microgravity affects his heart rate and blood pressure during his daily activities and through his sleep shift. Station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky partnered together throughout the day inventorying a variety of Roscosmos lab gear including safety equipment, spacesuit components, and interior lighting systems.

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