Crew will have to wait a little longer for science supplies, spares, and 'fun food'

NASA has delayed a supply delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) after the engines of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft did not perform as expected during an orbit-raising burn.

This is the enlarged cargo spacecraft's first flight. The Cygnus XL carries 33 percent more payload than its predecessor, and the freighter is loaded with 11,000 pounds of scientific equipment and general cargo. The Register asked NASA for a detailed manifest, but the space agency has yet to respond. However, fresh crew supplies are included.

The freighter lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on September 14 at 2211 UTC. The first stage – which had previously supported the Crew-11 mission, Axiom Mission 4, and a Starlink mission – touched down at SpaceX's Landing Zone 2 and the freighter was deployed approximately ten ...