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Forum: Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic: Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-23 CRS flight

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 03-12-2026 08:21 AM <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]Cygnus released from space station[/b]</font> On Thursday (March 12), Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL, the "S.S. William C. "Willie" McCool, was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm, which earlier detached the cargo spacecraft from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Unity module. At the time of release, 7:06 a.m. EDT (1106 GMT), the station was flying about 260 miles over the south Atlantic Ocean. The Cygnus XL spacecraft departed the space station more than seven months after arriving at the orbiting laboratory. It will be commanded to deorbit on Saturday (March 14), to dispose of several thousand pounds of trash during its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, where it will harmlessly burn up.</blockquote> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/THfwzi1rJ00" title="NASA's Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 Departure" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>
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