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<\/a>NASA Television\u2019s live coverage of installation of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft is underway. At 5:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann<\/a>, with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada<\/a> acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware, and science experiments.<\/p>\n This is Northrop Grumman\u2019s 18th commercial resupply mission to the space station for NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft is named the S.S. Sally Ride<\/a> in honor of the late NASA astronaut, physicist, and first American woman to fly in space.<\/p>\n Cygnus will remain at the space station until January before it departs for a destructive re-entry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, and agency\u2019s website<\/a> are providing live coverage of the spacecraft\u2019s installation.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA Television\u2019s live coverage of installation of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft is underway. At 5:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware, and science experiments. This is \u2026 Continue reading
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