# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-03-13T15:52:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Your package was left near the door 📦

On Feb. 21, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), less than two days after it launched. NG-17 was packed with new science experiments, crew supplies, and station hardware to replenish the crew. 

1. The 57.7 foot (17.6 m) Canadarm 2, controlled by NASAAstronauts Astro_Raja along with Astro_Kayla as back up, extends from the Harmony module of the station, anticipating the arrival of the Cygnus spacecraft

2. Cygnus, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFelx solar arrays approaches the ISS 

3. Cygnus, now attached to the orbiting lab

Among science, supplies, and snacks – Cygnus delivered critical hardware to be installed during the upcoming ISS Roll-out Solar Array (IROSA) spacewalks, the first of which will take place on Tuesday, March 15, starting at 8:05 EDT (1:05 UTC). Tune in on nasa.gov/live, as Raja Chari and Kayla Barron take on their work day from the vacuum of space!

Credit: NASA

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