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Cygnus was then guided to its berthing port on the nadir side of the ISS’ Harmony module where its installation was completed at 8:05 a.m.
Northrop Grumman engineers mate the Cygnus service module with the pressurized cargo module to complete the S.S. Kalpana Chawla for the NG-14 mission at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
While the spacecraft will appear to edge toward the ISS at a very slow pace, keep in mind that both the Cygnus and the station are actually orbiting Earth at a speed of around 17,500 mph.
At 8:06 a.m. Eastern Time, the spacecraft was released from a robotic arm which earlier detached Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the ISS' Unity module, according to NASA.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, July 12, five and a half months after ...
The pressurized cargo module section of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is lifted above its service module to begin mating on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in ...
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