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A record supply load won’t reach the International Space Station as scheduled | The problem arose early Tuesday when Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft's main engine shut down earlier than expected.


The problem arose early Tuesday when the spacecraft’s main engine shut down earlier than expected.

A problem with the main engine on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft will keep it from delivering 11,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station as scheduled on Wednesday. The problem arose early Tuesday when the spacecraft's main engine shut down earlier than expected during two burns to boost the ship's orbit for its rendezvous with the ISS, according to NASA. The Cygnus XL spacecraft launched Sunday at 6:11 pm ET (22:11 UTC) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

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