Cygnus Resupply Capsule Experiences Solar Array Issue

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Credit: NASA
Shortly after its liftoff early Nov. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus International Space Station (ISS) resupply capsule experienced a difficulty with the deployment of the second of its two solar arrays. NASA reported the Cygnus freighter has...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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