Orbital ATK’s Cygnus is Headed to the Space Station
The Cygnus spacecraft with its cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays deployed was pictured departing the space station Dec. 5, 2017 during Expedition 53.
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Orbital ATK CRS-9 successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this morning at 4:44 am EDT, and the solar arrays on the Cygnus capsule have deployed. The Cygnus spacecraft, which is carrying several International Space Station National Lab payloads, is expected to berth with the ISSInternational Space Station on Thursday, May 24.
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