After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, scientific hardware, and crew cargo to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart on Friday, Oct. 9. The undocking marks the conclusion of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, designated CRS-24.
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT across multiple platforms.
Ground flight controllers will transmit commands for the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Cygnus XL from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, maneuvering it into position for release at 12:45 p.m. NASA astronaut Luke Delaney will monitor the operation from aboard the orbital complex.
Loaded with thousands of pounds of disposal items and unneeded cargo, Cygnus XL will deorbit on Sunday, Oct. 11, for a controlled, destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, where it will safely burn up. NASA will not provide coverage of the spacecraft’s deorbit.
The resupply spacecraft launched on April 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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