NASA CRS-19 Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Arrival | International Space Station

NASA CRS-19 Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Arrival | International Space Station

Cygnus captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm

Cygnus moments from being captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm

Cygnus approaches the station above Turkmenistan

Cygnus approaches the station above the Red Sea

Cygnus approaches the station above the Euphrates River

NASA Astronauts Frank Rubio and Woody Hoburg in the cupola with Cygnus outside

Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates is pictured in the cupola with Cygnus outside

NASA Astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio practice robotics maneuvers

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft docking at the International Space Station was completed on Friday, August 4, 2023. Cygnus, carrying over 8,200 pounds of cargo and science experiments, launched atop the company’s Antares rocket at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At 5:52 a.m., Aug. 4, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, along with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio as backup, captured Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Highlights of space station research facilitated by delivery aboard this Cygnus are:

- The final iteration of a series of spacecraft fire protection experiments

- A new potable water dispenserthat provides hot water and improved sanitization

- Neural cells that will be cultured into 3D cell models for gene therapy testing

- A probe that measures plasma density of the upper atmosphere

- A memory card that contains creative works from students around the world

Cygnus will remain at the space station until October before it departs for a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: July 31-Aug. 4, 2023

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