NASA says Northrop Grumman’s resupply craft had engine problem

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Northrop Grumman had delayed its Cygnus XL cargo craft arriving on the International Space Station after it suffered an engine problem, acknowledged NASA.

In a blog post, NASA acknowledged on Tuesday that the Cygnus XL craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday night won’t arrive on the floating laboratory on Wednesday as scheduled.

“Early Tuesday morning, Cygnus XL’s main engine stopped earlier than planned during two burns designed to raise the orbit of the spacecraft for rendezvous with the space station, where it will deliver 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA. All other Cygnus XL systems are performing normally,” NASA acknowledged.

Spectrum News reached out to the U.S. house company for additional remark, akin to whether or not the cargo craft will nonetheless be capable to rendezvous with the International Space Station. 

NASA replied that it might comply with up as quickly as there’s extra info to share.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim was supposed to make use of the house station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to catch the Cygnus XL and have it dock with the Unity module, the place it might keep till March 2026.