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SpaceX launches new resupply mission to space station

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The Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida, January 30, 2024. /SpaceX
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida, January 30, 2024. /SpaceX

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida, January 30, 2024. /SpaceX

A fresh supply of more than 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday on a Cygnus resupply spacecraft of American aerospace technology company Northrop Grumman.

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:07 p.m. Tuesday Eastern Time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida.

It is Northrop Grumman's 20th contracted resupply mission (NG-20) for NASA.

The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the ISS until May when it will depart the orbiting laboratory at which point it will harmlessly burn up in Earth's atmosphere, according to NASA.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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