CRS NG-24 launch thread - sh.itjust.works

Fourth of four of Cygnus launches on Falcon 9. | Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-04-11, 11:41:21 [https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=1141&d=2026-09-11] | | — | — | | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-04-11, 07:41:21 (EDT) | | Mission | CRS NG-24 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_NG-24] | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1094-7 | | Landing | LZ-40 | | Payload spacecraft | Cygnus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(spacecraft)] | | Customer | Northrop Grumman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman] / NASA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA] | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS | # Webcasts | Stream | Link | | — | — | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhoar5wnMdo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhoar5wnMdo] | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9YcxVP3yw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9YcxVP3yw] | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuB7ui33J4c [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuB7ui33J4c] | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygjv9PdMn0E [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygjv9PdMn0E] | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams [https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams] | SpaceX | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos [https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos] # Stats Sourced from NextSpaceflight [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7075/] and r/SpaceX [https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/1ncwrux/rspacex_cygnus_crs2_ng23_official_launch/]: ☑️ 23rd launch from SLC-40 this year ☑️ 8 days, 23:46:11 turnaround for this pad ☑️ 2nd landing on LZ-40 ☑️ 114 days, 21:59:11 turnaround for B1094 ☑️ 604th Falcon family booster landing, 614th Falcon recovery attempt ☑️ 44th Falcon 9 mission of 2026, 627th overall ☑️ 44th SpaceX mission of 2026, 654th overall (excluding Starship hops) ☑️ 44th SpaceX launch of 2026, 664th overall (including Starship hops) # Mission info - SpaceX mission page [https://www.spacex.com/launches/ng24] - Northrop Grumman mission page [https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/space/missions/nasa-commercial-resupply-mission-ng-24] - NASA mission page [https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-northrop-grummans-crs-24-resupply-launch/] - NextSpaceflight mission page [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7075/] > Cygnus NG-24 (Northrop Grumman-24) is a cargo resupply mission of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. > > Northrop Grumman and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo ship consists of two parts, a service module built in the USA based on the GEOStar platform, and a pressurized module, manufactured in France and Italy by Thales Alenia. The cargo is sent into orbit by a launcher specially developed for this purpose.