At 7:41 a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 

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. 

 Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 12 p.m. Monday, April 13, on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media. 
 NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams will capture Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm at approximately 12:50 p.m. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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