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The Northrop Grumman company's "Cygnus" spacecraft, developed for cargo delivery to the International Space Station, arrived at the space station on the 18th to deliver research materials and supplies. According to NASA, at 7:24am Eastern Time on the 18th (7:24pm Beijing time on the 18th), the astronauts on the International Space Station operated the robotic arm to capture the spacecraft, followed by docking. The spacecraft is planned to depart from the space station and return in the spring of 2026. This is the 23rd supply mission to the International Space Station carried out by Northrop Grumman for NASA, and the upgraded version of the "Cygnus" cargo spacecraft with stronger carrying capacity is executing its first mission. It was reported that the spacecraft carried about 5000 kilograms of research materials and other cargo.