The next cargo run to the International Space Station will arrive at the orbiting outpost on Monday afternoon.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is expected to be captured by Canadarm2 on the ISS at approximately 12:50 a.m. EDT (1650 UTC). NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway will be in control of the robotic arm while fellow NASA astronaut Chris Williams will monitor its arrival.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the vehicle’s approach and capture approximately 50 minutes before that moment.
This mission is the second flight of the Cygnus XL vehicle manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It launched on Saturday, April 11 at 7:41 a.m. EDT (1141 UTC) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
This was the fourth launch of the Cygnus spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket following the retirement of Antares 230+. When the vehicle is ready, Northrop Grumman will begin using its Antares 330 rocket. It is being developed in partnership with Firefly Aerospace, which will also help jointly build a new launch vehicle called Eclipse.
