** <\/strong>Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Installed on Station’s Unity Module<\/strong> | NASA – Sept.18.2025<\/a><\/p>\n Northrop Grumman\u2019s new Cygnus XL spacecraft has been installed to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NASA\u2019s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23.<\/em><\/p>\n Filled with more than 11,000 pounds of research and supplies, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, carried on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched at 6:11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 14, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This mission will be the first flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more cargo-capable version of the company\u2019s solar-powered spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n Cygnus will remain at the space station until spring when it departs the orbiting laboratory at which point it will dispose of several thousand pounds of debris through its re-entry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere where it will harmlessly burn up.<\/em><\/p>\n **\u00a0 NASA Astronauts Discuss Life In Space Fast Company Innovation Festival Attendees\u2013 Tuesday, 9\/16\/2025<\/strong> | NASA Video<\/a><\/p>\n Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview Sept. 16 with attendees of the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York. Kim and Cardman are in the midst of a long-duration mission aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA\u2019s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA\u2019s Artemis program.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iss-09-17-25_800x450-500x281.jpg\")
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