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<\/a>On Monday at 10:20 a.m. Central time, Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus NG CRS-17 engine was scheduled to fire for 5 minutes, 1 second to test the cargo craft\u2019s ability to reboost the International Space Station in the future. The engine firing was aborted after five seconds. Cygnus\u2019 Mission Director at Dulles, Virginia reported that the cause for the abort is understood and under review.<\/p>\n
Late this afternoon in their evening planning conference with flight controllers in Houston, the crew was informed that NASA and Northrop Grumman are working on a plan for Cygnus to try another reboost attempt as early as Saturday, June 25 \u00a0that would lead to Cygnus potentially departing the station next Tuesday, June 28. The plan will be discussed with the International Space Station partners later this week.<\/p>\n
The reboost is designed to provide Cygnus with an enhanced capability for station operations as a standard service for NASA.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> A portion of this blog was updated on June 20, 2022 at 4:22 p.m. EDT to reflect a second reboost attempt and Cygnus\u2019 potential departure from station.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Monday at 10:20 a.m. Central time, Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus NG CRS-17 engine was scheduled to fire for 5 minutes, 1 second to test the cargo craft\u2019s ability to reboost the International Space Station in the future. The engine firing was aborted after five seconds. Cygnus\u2019 Mission Director at Dulles, Virginia reported that the cause \u2026 Continue reading