{"id":374621,"date":"2026-04-11T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374621\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:02:08","slug":"cygnus-xl-cargo-craft-launches-to-resupply-expedition-74-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374621\/","title":{"rendered":"Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Expedition 74 Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 7:41\u00a0a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company\u2019s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or\u00a0Northrop Grumman\u00a0CRS-24. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cygnus XL will reach its preliminary orbit about 10 minutes after launch and is expected to deploy its solar arrays about an hour and 45 minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Live coverage of the spacecraft\u2019s arrival will begin at\u00a012\u00a0p.m.\u00a0Monday, April 13, on <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.nasa.gov%2Fscheduled-video%2Fnasas-northrop-grumman-commercial-resupply-services-24-rendezvous-and-capture%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7C740254210a924a8446a608de97bf83c8%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639115045963361379%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oB9NYOk%2BVLPi9yzeKG4MOE%2FW%2FP96s5R8YShVkCpW4GI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA+<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fvideo%2Flivetv%2Fref%3Datv_hm_liv_LRad2e3b_slct%3FserviceToken%3Dv0_Cl0KJGUwMTYwNTQwLWU2NjMtNGE1OC05MDczLTZiMmRmYjI5NWMyNRDwyY266jIaLExpNitvL2dzaDBoR0NjVGdhVGdLTHptYkF6dHpuZ29zb2VJMDZ6YWhmZEk9IAESBmZpbHRlchgBIgRob21lKgRsaXZlWj8KDGxpbmVhckZpbHRlchIvCi1hbXpuMS1wdi1saW5lYXItbGl2ZV90YWItZmlsdGVyLWxlYXJuX2V4cGxvcmV6AIIBBjAAUABwAA%253D%253D&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7C740254210a924a8446a608de97bf83c8%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639115045963393093%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KkeIX4Rkaf2MGWjaXqc8grA2ahVKyUCVWMS9UAnTp5I%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, and\u00a0the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fnasa&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7C740254210a924a8446a608de97bf83c8%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639115045963413170%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wYmvnhqqrFw%2Bk8URR5%2FBAwjpXlJj3W8ikS7uMhdOVKI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel. Learn how to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fgeneral%2Fwatch-nasa-programming%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7C740254210a924a8446a608de97bf83c8%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639115045963430899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8NEpF089ijBBMCqZ1weL5yW2jCFAhm5Xr%2BabpC6XBQ4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA content<\/a>\u00a0through a variety of\u00a0online\u00a0platforms, including social media.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0NASA astronauts\u00a0Jack Hathaway\u00a0and Chris Williams\u00a0will capture Cygnus using the station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm at approximately\u00a012:50\u00a0p.m.\u00a0NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft\u2019s installation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">space station blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/space_station\" rel=\"nofollow\">@space_station<\/a> on X, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/G246xLa\/nasanews\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/953024efdc924c6f64f63936007555957934d147d0248bbbc9670e69e388705a.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>April 11, 2026 7:51AM<\/p>\n<p>More from International Space Station<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 7:41\u00a0a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[13429,133091,6692,6693,111,139,13430,69,147,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-374621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-commercial-resupply","9":"tag-expedition-74","10":"tag-international-space-station-iss","11":"tag-iss-research","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-northrop-grumman-commercial-resupply","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}