{"id":22288,"date":"2022-02-22T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/cygnus-spacecraft-installed-on-iss-following-successful-antares-launch-from-virginia\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:24:14","slug":"cygnus-spacecraft-installed-on-iss-following-successful-antares-launch-from-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/cygnus-spacecraft-installed-on-iss-following-successful-antares-launch-from-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cygnus spacecraft installed on ISS following successful Antares launch from Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cygnus spacecraft is Northrop Grumman\u2019s expendable cargo spacecraft that has been ferrying supplies to the Space Station since 2013. The spacecraft is capable of carrying over 8,000 pounds of cargo, supplies, and science experiments up into orbit.<\/p>\n

Roughly 40 hours after Saturday\u2019s launch, S.S. Piers Sellers, named after the NASA astronaut, joined the International Space Station. Cygnus joins a number of other spacecraft to make for a rather packed station. <\/p>\n

Cygnus 17 joins Progress 79 and Progress 80 as the cargo spacecraft currently docked with the station. MS-19\u2019s Soyuz and Crew-3\u2019s Dragon capsule are also currently docked.<\/p>\n

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