Expedition 73 awaits over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies packed inside Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft and orbiting Earth toward the International Space Station.
Station Crew Awaits Cygnus Cargo Mission
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Expedition 73 awaits over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies packed inside Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft and orbiting Earth toward the International Space Station.
One cargo spacecraft has docked to the International Space Station and another one is on its way to continue resupplying the Expedition 73 crew. While the orbital residents await their next delivery, they continued researching on Monday advanced ways to keep humans healthy and nourished on long duration space missions.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft deployed its two solar arrays after launching earlier Sunday at 6:11 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station.
At 6:11 p.m. EDT, over 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft for the company’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission for NASA.
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The unpiloted Progress 93 spacecraft arrived at aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module at 1:27 p.m. EDT on Saturday.
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 spacecraft will automatically dock at approximately 1:27 p.m. EDT to aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module.
One cargo spacecraft is orbiting Earth toward the International Space Station while another stands at its launch pad counting down to a lift off on Sunday to continue resupplying the Expedition 73 crew. The orbital residents will be preparing for the dual cargo missions while keeping up cardiac and bone research over the weekend.
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 spacecraft is safely in orbit, headed for the International Space Station following its launch at 11:54 a.m. EDT (8:54 p.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The unpiloted Progress 93 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 11:54 a.m. EDT (8:54 p.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
