Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port as the International Space Station orbits 262 mi. above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—The International Space Station got a lift Aug. 27 as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo ship fired its thrusters for more than 20 min. to raise the orbit of the nearly 1-million-lb. outpost. The 20 min. 43-sec. thruster firing raised the International Space Station's (ISS) orbit apogee, or...
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