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<\/a>NASA\u2019s live coverage of the installation of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station<\/a> is underway. At 5:55 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg<\/a>, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio<\/a> acting as backup, captured the Cygnus spacecraft using the station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying over 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware, and science experiments.<\/p>\n This is Northrop Grumman\u2019s 19th commercial resupply mission to the space station for NASA. Northrop Grumman named the Cygnus spacecraft the S.S. Laurel Clark in honor of the late NASA astronaut, undersea medical officer, and naval flight officer, Laurel Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cygnus will remain at the space station until October 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:\u00a0https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA\u2019s live coverage of the installation of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station is underway. At 5:55 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio acting as backup, captured the Cygnus spacecraft using the station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying over 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware, and science \u2026 Continue reading
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