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[b]Cyguns Reboost Aborted, Next Steps Being Planned[/b] On Monday (June 20) at 10:20 a.m. Central time (1520 GMT), Northrop Grumman's Cygnus NG CRS-17 engine was scheduled to fire for 5 minutes, 1 second to test the cargo craft's ability to reboost the International Space Station in the future. The engine firing was aborted after five seconds. Cygnus' Mission Director at Dulles, Virginia reported the cause for the abort is under review. NASA and Northrop Grumman flight controllers are reviewing data from today's attempt and will develop a plan for the next steps needed to continue development of this enhanced capability as a standard service for NASA. The Expedition 67 crew, which was never in any danger, is continuing its regular regime of work aboard the complex, which is orbiting around 260 miles above the Earth.
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