Northrop Grumman’s NG-23 Cygnus spacecraft is set to launch to the International Space Station with an enlarged pressure module for additional cargo.
The spacecraft is expected to be launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It will be the 22nd cargo flight by Cygnus under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services Program. It will be the first with the extended “Mission B” Pressurized Cargo Module, increasing volume by 15.5 percent to bring up to 5,000 kilograms of supplies to the ISS.
Following launch, NG-23 is expected to take several days to reach the ISS. It will be captured by the station’s robotic arm and berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.