Cygnus Lifts Off Atop SpaceX Rocket to Deliver Station Cargo
A fresh supply of more than 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo is on its way to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA Television?and the agency?s?website?continue to provide?live coverage of the ascent. About 15 minutes after launch, Cygnus will reach its preliminary orbit and is expected to complete its solar arrays deployment about two hours after launch.
Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1.
NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency?s website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft?s approach and arrival beginning at 2:45 a.m.
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will capture Cygnus using the station?s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Loral O?Hara will be acting as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module?s Earth-facing port.
This is Northrop Grumman?s 20th contracted resupply mission for NASA.
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