Beskrivning : NG-23 is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Operated by Northrop Grumman, the flight successfully launched on September 14, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. The spacecraft is named S.S. William "Willie" C. McCool in honor of the NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.

The mission debuted the Cygnus XL spacecraft configuration built by Thales in Italy, featuring a pressurized cargo module measuring 7.89 meters in length, with a payload capacity of 5 tons, an increase of 19.5%, and a pressurized cargo volume of 36 cubic meters, an increase of 15.5%.

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