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SpaceX launches new resupply mission to space station – Xinhua

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The image of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft is posted on the website of NASA. (Photo credit: NASA)

It is Northrop Grumman's 20th contracted resupply mission for NASA.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A fresh supply of more than 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday on a Cygnus resupply spacecraft of American aerospace technology company Northrop Grumman.

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:07 p.m. Tuesday Eastern Time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida.

It is Northrop Grumman's 20th contracted resupply mission for NASA.

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the ISS until May when it will depart the orbiting laboratory at which point it will harmlessly burn up in Earth's atmosphere, according to NASA.

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Cape Canaveral launch: Supplies head to ISS – WESH 2 Orlando

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NASA, SpaceX, more launch supplies to International Space Station from Cape Canaveral

Updated: 12:28 PM EST Jan 30, 2024

NASA, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman successfully completed a Tuesday afternoon launch from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which is carried on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Space Launch Complex 40. The supplies are expected to reach the ISS on Feb. 1. According to officials, highlights of the space station research facilitated by this delivery include: The first surgical robot on the space stationAn orbit re-entry platform that collects thermal protection systems dataA 3D cartilage cell culture that maintains healthy cartilage in a lower gravityThe MSTIC facility, an autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platformA metal 3D printer that will test the capability for printing small metal partsThe Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the ISS until May, when it will depart and harmlessly burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

NASA, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman successfully completed a Tuesday afternoon launch from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station.

Filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which is carried on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Space Launch Complex 40.

The supplies are expected to reach the ISS on Feb. 1.

According to officials, highlights of the space station research facilitated by this delivery include:

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the ISS until May, when it will depart and harmlessly burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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