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Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Installed on Station’s Unity Module

By |2025-09-18T10:19:00-04:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Sept. 18, 2025: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, the SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, the Soyuz MS-27 crew ship, and the Progress 92 and 93 resupply ships.NASA Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL spacecraft has been installed to [...]

NASA’s Hubble Sees White Dwarf Eating Piece of Pluto-Like Object

By |2025-09-18T09:59:00-04:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble Sees White… Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community [...]

Robotic Arm Maneuvering Cygnus for Station Installation

By |2025-09-18T09:10:00-04:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The Cygnus XL cargo craft is maneuvered by the Canadarm2 robotic arm toward the International Space Station’s Unity module for installation. NASA’s coverage is underway for the installation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of [...]

Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Captured by Station Robotic Arm

By |2025-09-18T07:31:00-04:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured moments away from being captured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm.NASA+ At 7:24 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, with assistance from NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.  Mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston [...]

Cygnus Resupply Ship Approaching Station for Capture

By |2025-09-18T05:48:00-04:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Northrop Grumman’s 21st Cygnus cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a capture with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on Aug. 6, 2024.NASA NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more for the capture of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft. At approximately 7:18 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will capture the spacecraft [...]

NASA, Northrop Grumman “Go” to Proceed with Cygnus XL Station Arrival

By |2025-09-17T21:38:00-04:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Northrop Grumman’s 21st Cygnus cargo craft, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after its capture on Aug. 6, 2024.NASA NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting the safe arrival of the company’s Cygnus XL at approximately 7:18 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 18, to the [...]

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew

By |2025-09-17T16:37:00-04:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket poised to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon next year may appear identical to the Artemis I SLS rocket. On closer inspection, though, engineers have upgraded the agency’s Moon rocket inside and out to improve performance, reliability, and safety. SLS flew a [...]

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

By |2025-09-17T13:59:00-04:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) It’s been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With every new discovery, scientists move closer to answering whether there are other planets like Earth that could host life as we know it. NASA/JPL-Caltech The milestone [...]

Nebulas and Clusters in Sagittarius

By |2025-09-17T13:44:26-04:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Can you spot famous celestial objects in this image? 18th-century astronomer Charles Messier cataloged only two of them: the bright Lagoon Nebula (M8) at the bottom, and the colorful Trifid Nebula (M20) at the upper right. The one on the left that resembles a cat's paw is NGC 6559, and [...]

NASA Rideshares Integrated Ahead of Launch

By |2025-09-17T13:28:00-04:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians completed integrating NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite to an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter ring at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 4. Integrating the rideshares to the ring [...]

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