Space Stations

S.S. Sally Ride Departs The International Space Station

By Keith Cowing

Status Report

NASA

April 28, 2023

Filed under Cygnus, ISS, Northrop Grumman, S.S. Sally Ride, space station

S.S. Sally Ride Departs The International Space Station

NASA

On 21 April 2023 the Cygnus space freighter S.S. Sally Ride from Northrop Grumman is pictured moments after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea near the Spanish island of Mallorca.

iss069e004822 (April 21, 2023) – larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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