Editor\u2019s Note: This advisory was updated on April 8, 2026, to reflect the latest launch details. The advisory also was updated with the latest arrival and capture times for the April 11 launch opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Editor\u2019s Note: This advisory was updated on April 7, 2026, to reflect the latest launch, arrival, and coverage details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:41 a.m. EDT on Saturday, April 11, for the next launch delivering science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Filled with approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission is known as NASA\u2019s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch the agency\u2019s launch and arrival coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency\u2019s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following launch, astronauts aboard the space station will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the Cygnus XL on Monday, April 13, before ground controllers install it to the Unity module\u2019s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highlights of space station research and technology demonstrations being delivered aboard this Cygnus XL spacecraft include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new module for the Cold Atom Lab to advance quantum science that could improve computing technology and aid in the search for dark matter
Hardware to produce a greater number of therapeutic stem cells for blood diseases and cancer
Model organisms to study the gut microbiome
A receiver that could enhance space weather models that protect critical space infrastructure such as GPS and radar
Media interested in speaking to a science subject matter expert should contact Sandra Jones at sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the orbiting laboratory until October before departing with several thousand pounds of trash and burning up harmlessly during re-entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northrop Grumman named the spacecraft the S.S. Steven R. Nagel in honor of the former NASA astronaut who flew four space shuttle missions, logging more than 720 hours in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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