Overview

• A main engine stopped firing earlier than planned during a Tuesday orbit-raising maneuver, prompting NASA and Northrop Grumman to postpone the planned Wednesday capture.
• Flight controllers are evaluating an alternate burn plan and have not set a new arrival time.
• The spacecraft launched September 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral carrying about 11,000 pounds of science gear, station spares and food.
• NASA astronaut Jonny Kim had been scheduled to grapple the vehicle with Canadarm2, with Zena Cardman in backup.
• On its first flight, the enlarged Cygnus XL for CRS-23 is slated to berth to the Unity module for roughly six months through March 2026 if the rendezvous is successfully rescheduled.