Cygnus past and present 💫⁣ ⁣ On Saturday April 22, 2017, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (europeanspaceagency) photographed Orbital ATK's (now Northrop Grumman) Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station (iss). Using the station's robotic Canadarm2, Cygnus was successfully captured by Pesquet and Commander Peggy Whitson. The spacecraft’s arrival brought more than 7,600 pounds of research and supplies to support Expedition 51 and 52.⁣ ⁣ Today the Northrop Grumman CRS-14 Antares Rocket Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch in a five-minute launch window opening at 9:38 p.m. EDT and will arrive at the space station Sunday, Oct. 4. The spacecraft, dubbed the SS Kalpana Chawla, is loaded with nearly 8,000 pounds of research, commercial products, crew supplies, and hardware.⁣ ⁣ Image credit: ESA/NASA⁣ ⁣ #nasa #space #iss #spacestation #cygnus