Cygnus Approaching Station for Capture Live on NASA TV
NASA television coverage is underway for the capture of Northrop Grumman?s Cygnus spacecraft. At about 4:20 a.m., NASA astronaut Loral O?Hara will capture Cygnus using the station?s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli 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 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying a supply of 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
The spacecraft is named the S.S. Patricia "Patty" Hilliard Robertson in honor of the former NASA astronaut. The mission launched at 12:07 p.m. EST Jan. 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency?s?website?will continue to provide live coverage of the spacecraft?s installation beginning at 5:45 a.m.
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