Cygnus XL dumps ISS trash for fiery deorbit
TL;DR
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo freighter, the largest to visit the ISS, was jettisoned from the Unity module carrying thousands of pounds of garbage and is slated to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after release over the south Atlantic.
Topics:sciencespace-exploration#cygnus-xl#deorbit-burn#international-space-station#northrop-grumman#space-debris#space-exploration
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