NASA
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.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will capture Cygnus XL using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm at approximately 6:35 a.m., and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman is backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port and will remain at the space station until March 2026.
Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @NASASpaceOps and @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
