Cygnus Resupply Capsule Reaches Space Station

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter during capture

The Cygnus freighter being captured by the robotic arm as the spacecraft orbited over Africa.

Credit: NASA
Northrop Grumman’s 19th contracted Cygnus resupply mission capsule arrived at the seven-person International Space Station (ISS) early Aug. 4, with NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio standing by at the controls of station’s Canadian robot arm to command a grapple. The grapple initiated a...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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