Northrop Grummans's Cygnus space freighter, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured approaching the International Space Station on Feb. 21, 2022, carrying 8,300 pounds of new science experiments, crew supplies, and station hardware
Astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti have been loading the Cygnus resupply ship with trash and discarded gear ahead of its departure on Thursday, June 23.
On Saturday, June 18, the Cygnus spacecraft will perform its first limited reboost of the space station. Cygnus’ gimbaled delta velocity engine will be used to adjust the station’s orbit through a reboost of the altitude of the space station.
This Cygnus mission is the first to feature this enhanced capability as a standard service for NASA, following a test of the maneuver which was performed in 2018 during Cygnus’s ninth resupply mission.
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