SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket & Cygnus CRS-20 Cargo Spacecraft: Launch Ready

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket & Cygnus CRS-20 Cargo Spacecraft: Launch Ready

On Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen being encapsulated inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing as it prepares to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the 20th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services for NASA. The mission will carry 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station to support the agency’s Expedition 70 crew. Liftoff is scheduled no earlier than 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Learn more about NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: SpaceX

Image Date: Jan. 24, 2024

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