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July 17, 2014

Orbital cargo ship reaches International Space Station
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2014
Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station carrying a load of food and equipment for the six-man crew at the research outpost. The vessel called Cygnus was grabbed by the space station's robotic arm at 6:36 am (1036 GMT) and completed the berthing procedure that attached the spaceship to the ISS at 1253 GMT, NASA said. "Cygnus is now hard-mated to the International Space Station's Harmony module," where it will stay for the next four w ... read more

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