CRS-24 Cygnus XL Cargo Spacecraft Docking | International Space Station
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft grappled by Canadian Space Agency's Canadarm2 robotic arm
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft prior to being grappled by Canadarm2
Expedition 74 flight engineers and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (left) and Chris Williams (right) after CRS-24 Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft arrival
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Northrop Grumman NG-24 emblem
Expedition 74 emblem
Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir: "Congratulations to NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway on their first cargo vehicle capture using the Canadarm2 on the International Space Station! Mission accomplished today. Hatch opening and cargo ops, including many scientific experiments (and even some fresh food), commence early tomorrow. We’re very excited for the science, hardware, and supplies that she brings! Well done, Northrop Grumman, NASA & SpaceX!"
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft was installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port of the International Space Station on Monday, April 13, 2026. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24), or as the Northrop Grumman NG-24 Mission.
Filled with more than 11,000 pounds of research and supplies, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, carried on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched at 7:41 a.m. EDT on April 11, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. This mission is the second flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more cargo-capable version of the company’s solar-powered spacecraft.
Cygnus will remain at the International Space Station until October when it departs the orbiting laboratory. It will then dispose of several thousand pounds of debris through its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere where it will harmlessly burn up.
Learn more about NASA's Commercial Resupply Missions:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/
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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams
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.
Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/J. Meir
Date: April 13, 2026
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