Astronauts Grapple Commercial Cygnus Cargo Freighter upon ISS Arrival, to Unload 4 Tons NASA Science: Photos

The U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it was installed to the Unity module on Nov. 4, 2019 for 70 days of cargo transfers.  Cygnus launched on Northrop Grumman Antares rocket on Nov. 2, 2019 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, VA. Credit: NASA

4 November 2019

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – A pair of NASA’s female American astronauts successfully grappled the Cygnus commercial cargo freighter using the Canadian-built hi tech robotic arm Monday morning, Nov. 4 after its flawless and beautiful blastoff from NASA’s mid-Atlantic launch base on Virginia’s shores on Saturday, Nov. 2 and two day voyage from the Earth to arrival at the International Space Station (ISS) delivering 4 tons NASA science.

After a 40 hour trek through low Earth orbit Cygnus arrived in the vicinity of the ISS in the wee hours of Monday morning. 

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