{"id":55439,"date":"2020-01-24T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-457592"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:30:17","slug":"nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV to Air Departure of Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft from Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured as the Canadarm2 robotic arm\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/49019951167_d09220ac7b_k.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured as the Canadarm2 robotic arm, guided by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir with fellow Flight Engineer Christina Koch as her back up, reaches out to grapple the 12th resupply ship from Northrop Grumman on November 4, 2019. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>More than two months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Alan Bean, will depart the orbiting laboratory on Friday, Jan. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live coverage of the spacecraft\u2019s release will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> beginning at 9:15 a.m. EST, with release scheduled for 9:35 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cygnus will demonstrate a new release position for departure operations and will incorporate the first ground-controlled release. The new orientation allows for easier drift away from the station\u2019s Canadarm2 robotic arm. With Expedition 61 Flight Engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Meir<\/a> of NASA providing backup support, ground controllers will send commands to the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the unpiloted cargo spacecraft after ground controllers remotely unbolt the craft from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module and maneuver it into release position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within 24 hours of its release, Cygnus will begin its secondary mission \u2013 deploying a series of payloads \u2013 before Northrop Grumman flight controllers in Dulles, Virginia, initiate its deorbit and it executes a safe, destructive reentry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere at the end of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details of Cygnus\u2019 mission and Expedition 61 crew activities can be found at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gina Anderson<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\ngina.n.anderson@nasa.gov<br>\nCourtney Beasley<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ncourtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than two months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Alan Bean, will depart the orbiting laboratory on Friday, Jan. 31. 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