Crew Preps for Cygnus XL Cargo Mission Targeted for Saturday Launch

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket counting down to a launch targeted at 7:41 a.m. EDT on Saturday to resupply the Expedition 74 crew. Packed with over 11,000 pounds of lab hardware, science experiments, and crew supplies, Cygnus XL is due to arrive at the International Space Station where it will be captured with the Candarm2 robotic arm on Monday. The post Crew Preps for Cygnus XL Cargo Mission Targeted for Saturday Launch appeared first on NASA Science.