Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches ISS after engine issue
6 hours ago
- #International Space Station
- #Space Exploration
- #NASA
- Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after a one-day delay due to an engine shutdown.
- The delay was caused by a premature shutdown of the main engine during the capsule's attempt to climb higher, traced to an overly conservative software setting.
- This mission marks the first flight of the extra-large version of the Cygnus capsule, carrying food, science experiments, and equipment for the ISS.
- NASA has contracts with Northrop Grumman and SpaceX to supply the ISS, with additional supply missions from Russia and Japan.
- The capsule was named the S.S. Willie McCool in honor of the pilot of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster.