Cygnus Spacecraft Captured By Space Station's Robotic Arm

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The Northrop Grumman NG-19 Cygnus cargo spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm.  It is carrying  8,200 pounds (3,700 kilograms) of supply, experiments and new technology.   Credit: NASA

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00:00 confirmation that the robotic arm is in motion.

00:10 NASA astronaut Woody Hoberg is moving it to the grappling mechanism on the Cygnus spacecraft.

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00:47 A live view from the end of the robotic arm as NASA astronaut Woody Hoberg guides it into the grapple target.

00:54 Again, he is using that horizontal line as a guide.

00:58 [no audio]

01:07 These snares are going to close around that pinwheel fixture just below that horizontal guide bar.

01:15 [no audio]

01:21 Two meters away.

01:23 [no audio]

01:52 One meter.

01:55 One meter.

01:57 [no audio]

02:21 Over the pin.

02:24 [no audio]

02:47 The Cygnus spacecraft supporting Northrop Grumman's 19th Commercial Resupply Service mission

02:53 successfully captured at the hands of NASA astronaut Woody Hoberg at 5.52 a.m. Eastern time,

03:01 4.52 a.m. Central time as the space station flew over Mali in West Africa, 260 statute miles above the Earth.

03:10 [no audio]

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