Cygnus Segment Arrives to Begin Processing for ISS Resupply Mission

A pressurized cargo module that soon will take four tons of materials and supplies to the International Space Station began the intensive processing for launch when it arrived Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Cygnus spacecraft - developed and produced by Orbital ATK - will be assembled at Kennedy and launched for the first time in December on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The unpiloted spacecraft will be the fourth operational mission for the Cygnus line of resupply spacecraft for the orbiting laboratory. This model, the Enhanced Cygnus, will be the largest ever flown and will carry some 3,000 pounds more to the station than the previous versions, enabling a delivery to the station of about 8,000 pounds of important research and supplies. More

(Source: NASA - Aug 13)