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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Cygnus XL brings cargo to the ISS for 1st time | Space photo of the day for Dec. 1, 2025

A metal spacecraft with two solar panels on either side is seen in low-Earth orbit.

Getting cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) is no easy task, as the recent launch of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft illustrated. Due to a thruster issue on the way to the ISS, the craft arrived a day later than expected, but was still no less appreciated for the important payload it carried for the astronauts of the Expedition 73 mission.

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