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Cygnus Spacecraft Installed at International Space Station

Four spaceships are parked at the space station including Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter, the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 crew ship and ISS Progress 78 resupply ship. Courtesy NASA
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft successfully arrived and was installed at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning.
  • It delivered over 8,200 pounds of vital research and supplies to the space station.
  • NASA astronaut Megan McArthur used the Canadarm2 to grapple the spacecraft, which will remain docked at the ISS for approximately three months.
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The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft arrived and was installed at the International Space Station on Thursday morning.

It was bolted into place on the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 9:42 a.m. EDT. Cygnus will remain at the space station for about three months until the spacecraft departs in November.

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