Cygnus departs space station, beginning extended experimental mission

A Cygnus supply ship built by Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Monday, beginning an extended mission in orbit to deploy a pair of CubeSats and perform a NASA-sponsored fire experiment. The automated cargo carrier was released from the space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT) Monday. The Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the space station Feb. 18, three days after launching aboard an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 11)