Northrop Grumman Cargo Capsule Reaches Space Station

Mark Carreau February 22, 2021
Cygnus
The ISS captured the Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule named Katherine Johnson early on Feb. 22.
Credit: NASA
Northrop Grumman’s 15th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission successfully rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) early Feb. 22, enabling astronauts on board to grapple the freighter and its 8,400 lb. cargo with the orbiting lab’s Canadian robot arm. Working from a command post...
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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