{"id":6937,"date":"2021-08-09T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/astronauts-relaxing-day-before-cygnus-cargo-ship-lifts-off-to-station\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:00:40","slug":"astronauts-relaxing-day-before-cygnus-cargo-ship-lifts-off-to-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/astronauts-relaxing-day-before-cygnus-cargo-ship-lifts-off-to-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts Relaxing Day Before Cygnus Cargo Ship Lifts Off to Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astronauts Relaxing Day Before Cygnus Cargo Ship Lifts Off to Station<\/h2>\n

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Astronaut Thomas Pesquet is pictured inside the cupola, the space station\u2019s \u201cwindow to the world,\u201d while orbiting above the Atlantic Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northrop Grumman is \u201cgo\u201d to launch its Cygnus space freighter atop an Antares rocket on Tuesday at 5:56 p.m. EDT. It will arrive at the International Space Station<\/a> on Thursday for a capture at 6:10 a.m. with NASA Flight Engineer Megan McArthur<\/a> at the controls of the Canadarm2 robotic arm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cygnus will lift off from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility<\/a> in Virginia with live NASA TV<\/a> coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. NASA TV will go back on the air at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday broadcasting Cygnus\u2019 approach and rendezvous as ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet<\/a> assists McArthur during the robotics activities.<\/p>\n

Most of the Expedition 65<\/a> crew relaxed on Monday aboard the orbiting lab with some time set aside for blood and urine collections as well as battery swaps. McArthur and Pesquet processed the biological samples spinning them in a centrifuge before stowing them in a science freezer. McArthur also charged and swapped out batteries inside the Astrobee<\/a> robotic helpers ahead of upcoming research activities planned for the devices.<\/p>\n

The two cosmonauts in the station\u2019s Russian segment had a full schedule as they continued focusing on cargo transfers from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module<\/a> during the morning. Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy<\/a> and Pyotr Dubrov<\/a> then split up in the afternoon to work on a variety of life support and power supply maintenance.<\/p>\n

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Northrop Grumman is \u201cgo\u201d to launch its Cygnus space freighter atop an Antares rocket on Tuesday at 5:56 p.m. EDT. It will arrive at the International Space Station on Thursday for a capture at 6:10 a.m. with NASA Flight Engineer Megan McArthur at the controls of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus will lift off from \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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