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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SpaceX Crew-4 Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, and Mission Specialists Jessica Watkins and Samantha Cristoforetti are in orbit following their launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:52 a.m. EDT today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The commercial crew quartet aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship are due to dock to the space-facing port on the International Space Station's Harmony module at 8:15 p.m. today. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
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NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, for launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Pic 1) The SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts (from left) with Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, Pilot Robert Hines, Commander Kjell Lindgren, and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti, pose for a portrait during a dry dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2022. Credit: SpaceX
Pic 2) The SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts (from left) with Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, Pilot Robert Hines, Commander Kjell Lindgren, and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti, are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship during a dry dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2022. Credit: SpaceX
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The integrated NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX teams have agreed on a plan for the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew to undock from the International Space Station at 8:35 p.m. EDT Saturday, April 23, for a splashdown off the coast of Florida about 1:46 p.m. Sunday, April 24. The decision was made based on the best weather for splashdown of the first private astronaut mission to visit the International Space Station and the return trajectory required to bring the crew and the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft back to Earth safely.
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