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    Robotic Arm Reaches Out and Captures Cygnus Cargo Craft

    The U.S. Cygnus cargo craft from Northrop Grumman

    At 4:05 a.m. EST, NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan grappled Cygnus and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir acted as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port. The station was flying over southeastern Russia when it was captured. NASA Television coverage of installation will begin at 6:00 a.m. Cygnus will remain …

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    U.S. Cygnus Cargo Ship Blasts Off to Station for Tuesday Delivery

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft launches on time

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the station with approximately 7,500 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 15 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the time of liftoff, the International Space Station was flying 258 statute miles over the western Pacific, …

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    Astronauts Relaxing Ahead of U.S. Cargo Mission

    Noctilucent clouds, or night shining clouds

    Two NASA astronauts are relaxing for the next couple of days as a U.S. space delivery nears its launch to the International Space Station. The Expedition 62 Commander is staying busy with the research and the upkeep of Russian orbital lab systems. Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan are taking it easy Thursday and …

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    Station Crew Demos Wi-Fi Power, Sets Up For Rodent Research

    The three-member Expedition 62 crew

    A science demonstration for students and space research to improve life kept the Expedition 62 crew busy on Wednesday. The International Space Station residents also worked on a host of orbital plumbing and housecleaning tasks. Radio waves generate energy that can be harnessed for a variety of applications including wirelessly powering devices or possibly beaming …

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    U.S. Cargo Mission Targets Friday Launch as Crew Maintains Lab

    The Cygnus cargo craft departs the station on Jan. 31, 2020

    The next U.S. cargo mission is now targeting Friday for its launch to replenish the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Expedition 62 crew is continuing the upkeep of orbital lab systems. Mission managers are waiting for the weather to clear up at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia so they can launch the Cygnus space freighter …

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    Crew Studies DNA and Space Flames Before Cargo Ship Launch

    Expedition 62 crew portrait with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. Image Credit: NASA

    The three-member Expedition 62 crew is getting ready for a resupply mission scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4:06 p.m. EST due to an unfavorable weather forecast in the next few days and the time required to address a ground support issue. The crewmates from the …

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    U.S. Cygnus Cargo Craft Launch Scrubbed

    Cygnus-13 Scrubbed Launch

    Northrop Grumman scrubbed tonight’s Antares launch after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt to no earlier than Feb. 13 at 4:05 p.m. ET, due to an unfavorable weather forecast over the next two days, and time required to address the ground support issue. NASA …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Launch of U.S. Cygnus Cargo Craft

    Northrop Grumman Antares CRS-13 Prelaunch

    The latest weather forecast is 100% favorable for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware …

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    Christina Koch Completes 328-Day Mission in Space

    Setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) landed on Earth at 4:12 a.m. EST in Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan. The trio departed the International Space Station in …

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    Expedition 61 Crew With Christina Koch Landing Soon on NASA TV

    NASA astronaut Christina Koch

    NASA Television and the agency’s website are now broadcasting live coverage of the return to Earth of NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency). Their Soyuz MS-13 is expected to make its deorbit burn at 3:18 a.m. EST to set the spacecraft on its …

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