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<\/a>Russia\u2019s Progress 70 (70P) cargo craft delivered nearly 5,700 pounds of crew supplies and station cargo to the International Space Station on Monday less than four hours after launch. Meanwhile, the U.S. Cygnus resupply ship from Northrop Grumman tested its ability to boost the orbital laboratory\u2019s altitude today.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s arrival<\/a> of the Russian resupply craft set a milestone for station operations by arriving with its cargo in just 3 hours and 40 minutes, or only two Earth orbits. The new Progress makes six spacecraft parked<\/a> at the orbital complex including the Progress 69 resupply ship, the Soyuz MS-08 and MS-09 crew ships and the SpaceX Dragon and Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighters.<\/p>\n The engine on Northrup Grumman\u2019s Cygnus cargo ship<\/a> fired for 50 seconds Tuesday at 4:25 p.m. EDT to reboost the station in a test designed to verify an additional capability to adjust the station\u2019s altitude, if required. The brief engine firing raised the station\u2019s altitude by about 295 feet. Cygnus will depart the station on Sunday<\/a> after delivering several tons of supplies and science experiments back in May for the six crewmembers on board.<\/p>\n Astronauts Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> and Alexander Gerst<\/a> continued more life science work today exploring cancer research and fertility. Serena split her time today between testing ways to develop safer, more effective cancer therapies<\/a> and exploring how living in space impacts fertility<\/a>. Gerst set up a specialized microscope to look at proteins that could be used for cancer treatment and radiation protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Get The Details…<\/a> ISS<\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Russia\u2019s Progress 70 (70P) cargo craft delivered nearly 5,700 pounds of crew supplies and station cargo to the International Space Station on Monday less than four hours after launch. Meanwhile, the U.S. Cygnus resupply ship from Northrop Grumman tested its ability to boost the orbital laboratory\u2019s altitude today.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s arrival<\/a> of the Russian resupply craft set a milestone for station operations by arriving with its cargo in just 3 hours and 40 minutes, or only two Earth orbits. The new Progress makes six spacecraft parked<\/a> at the orbital complex including the Progress 69 resupply ship, the Soyuz MS-08 and MS-09 crew ships and the SpaceX Dragon and Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighters.<\/p>\n The engine on \u2026 Continue reading
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<\/a>The Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) Cygnus resupply ship with its round, brass-colored UltraFlex solar arrays is guided to its port on the Unity module shortly after it was captured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on May 24, 2018. <\/p>\n