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Pictured inside the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo craft are (clockwise from left) Flight Engineers Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, and Jonny Kim of NASA, and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The four astronauts are wearing personnel protective equipment as is standard protocol to shield their eyes and lungs from potential dust and debris that may have been dislodged during Cygnus launch to the International Space Station. Highlighted at center, is a poster of William “Willie” McCool, in honor of the NASA astronaut who perished in 2003 during the space shuttle Columbia accident and for whom the Cygnus spacecraft is named.

Expedition 73 astronauts pictured inside the Cygnus XL cargo craft

iss073e0704080 (Sept. 18, 2025) --- Pictured inside the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo craft are (clockwise from left) Flight Engineers Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, and Jonny Kim of NASA, and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The four astronauts are wearing personnel protective equipment as is standard protocol to shield their eyes and lungs from potential dust and debris that may have been dislodged during Cygnus launch to the International Space Station. Highlighted at center, is a poster of William “Willie” McCool, in honor of the NASA astronaut who perished in 2003 during the space shuttle Columbia accident and for whom the Cygnus spacecraft is named.

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