(Update: launched) Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft launching tomorrow

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to launch tomorrow (Tuesday), August 10, at 5:56pm ET, on the company's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. Live coverage of the launch will air on NASA TV, the agency's official app as well as website beginning at 5:30 p.m., with a prelaunch briefing on Monday, Aug. 9 at 1 p.m. EDT.

Loaded with more than 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft will arrive at the space station Thursday, August 12, at about 6:10 a.m., where Expedition 65 crew member and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur will capture it with the station's robotic arm. Cygnus will also carry a new mounting bracket which will enable the installation of one of the next pair of new solar arrays at a later date.

This is Northrop Grumman's 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station and each resupply mission delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.

The Cygnus spacecraft will remain at the space station until November 2021 when it will depart the station, disposing of several tons of trash during a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

.@NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter is targeted to launch on Tuesday at 5:56pm ET from @NASA_Wallops and resupply the station a day-and-a-half later. https://t.co/9pUCOJICGo pic.twitter.com/m3mM0ScAZi

— International Space Station (@Space_Station) August 8, 2021

Update: Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At 8:46 p.m., the spacecraft's solar arrays successfully deployed to collect sunlight to power Cygnus on its journey to the International Space Station. This is Northrop Grumman's 16th cargo flight to the space station and is the fifth under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA which will deliver nearly 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the station and its crew.