Falcon 9 • NG-23 Cygnus XL CRS2

Falcon 9 • NG-23 Cygnus XL CRS2

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch with the latest Cygnus cargo freighter on an operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-23 and the spacecraft is named SS William C. McCool, which will fly for the second phase of the commercial resupply services (CRS) contract for NASA. Cygnus will be upgraded to XL variant, with a pressurized payload module lengthened by 1.5m, increasing its capacity to 5 tonnes with a volume of 36m³. The mission was switched from Antares 330 to Falcon in March 2025. - Delayed from October, December 2024, Q2 and August. Moved forward from December. Delayed from Sep. 14.

📍 Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, FL, Vereinigte Staaten

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