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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Lifecycle | Northrop Grumman

The Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Lifecycle | Northrop Grumman

Watch how the Northrop Grumman team assembles the Cygnus spacecraft and loads supplies and equipment for astronauts on the International Space Station. Learn more about its journey, arrival at the station, and departure.

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft was made ready to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida for the 20th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The mission will carry 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station to support the agency’s Expedition 70 crew. Liftoff took place Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.


Learn more about NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

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: Northrop Grumman

Duration: 1 minute, 53 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 29, 2024


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