Falcon 9 launches Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to the Space Station | SpaceX

Expedition 49-50 crew members Shane Kimbrough (NASA), Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko (Roscosmos) launched aboard a Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19, 2016. https://goo.gl/d1QS0a | Space.com

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off at 7:19 a.m. EST on a two-day trip to the space station. https://go.nasa.gov/2AxpAmH | International Space Station

Success! Using the International Space Station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, astronaut Tim Kopra successfully captured Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo vehicle at 6:51 a.m. EDT. The cargo ship was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 10:52 a.m. Cygnus is delivering more than 7,700 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory. http://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space

Using the Canadarm2 robotic arm, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured the Cygnus spacecraft at 3:11 a.m. EDT. Mission controllers on the ground will begin guiding the spacecraft in for installation to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 4:30 a.m. More… go.nasa.gov/3AcdPq5 | International Space Station