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Canadarm2 Reaches Out and Captures Cygnus XL Cargo Craft

At 1:20 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Chris Williams, with assistance from NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.

NASA’s Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will use Canadarm2 to position the spacecraft for installation, then guide Cygnus XL to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation.

NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission launched at 7:41 a.m. on April 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory.

Northrop Grumman named the spacecraft the S.S. Steven R. Nagel in honor of the former NASA astronaut who flew four space shuttle missions, logging more than 720 hours in space.

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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.

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Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Solar Arrays Deploy Powering Flight to Station

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft deployed its two solar arrays after launching earlier today at 7:41 a.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services-24, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. 

Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 12 p.m. Monday, April 13, on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.

NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams will capture Cygnus XL using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm at approximately 12:50 p.m. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port and will remain at the station until October. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation. 

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Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Expedition 74 Crew

At 7:41 a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 

Cygnus XL will reach its preliminary orbit about 10 minutes after launch and is expected to deploy its solar arrays about an hour and 45 minutes later. 

 Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 12 p.m. Monday, April 13, on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media. 
 NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams will capture Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm at approximately 12:50 p.m. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation. 

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Crew Preps for Cygnus XL Cargo Mission Targeted for Saturday Launch

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket counting down to a launch targeted at 7:41 a.m. EDT on Saturday to resupply the Expedition 74 crew. Packed with over 11,000 pounds of lab hardware, science experiments, and crew supplies, Cygnus XL is due to arrive at the International Space Station where it will be captured with the Candarm2 robotic arm on Monday.

NASA flight engineers Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway joined each other in the cupola on Friday and practiced capturing Cygnus XL during a computer simulation using the robotics workstation. Williams and Hathaway trained to use the workstation’s control panel and hand controllers to maneuver the Canadarm2. The duo watched camera views simulating the Cygnus XL approaching the station and prepared for different capture scenarios.

Williams will be at the controls of the robotics workstation on Monday maneuvering the Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus XL while Hathaway monitors the spacecraft’s approach and rendezvous. Following its capture, mission controllers will take over and remotely command the Canadarm2 to install Cygnus XL to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port where it will stay for a six-month mission.

Watch the agency’s Cygnus XL launch and arrival coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Afterward, Williams and Hathaway gathered together with flight engineers Jessica Meir of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and called down to mission controllers to discuss cargo operations after the hatches are opened on Cygnus XL. Inside the resupply ship will be a host of new science experiments including a quantum physics module to expand the abilities of the Cold Atom Lab,  a blood stem cell study to treat cancers and blood disorders, an investigation to protect astronaut gut health, and more.

In the Roscosmos segment of the orbital outpost, station commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev took turns wearing an acoustic sensor around their necks and recorded their rapid exhalation to understand how microgravity affects the respiratory system. Flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev continued testing artificial intelligence tools to improve space crew operations and communications.

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