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Commercial U.S. cargo ship reaches space station


An Orbital Sciences Corp cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday with a delivery of food, supplies, science experiments and a fleet of tiny Earth-imaging satellites that will be launched from the orbital outpost. Working from a control panel inside the station's Cupola module, commander Steven Swanson delicately steered the station's 58-foot long (18 m) robotic arm to pluck the Cygnus capsule from orbit at 6:36 a.m. EDT (1036 GMT) as the ships sailed 260 miles (418 km) above northern Libya. "I think everyone is breathing again," NASA robotics officer Melanie Miller radioed to the crew from Mission Control in Houston.   More



(Source: Reuters - Jul 16)

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