It's a shame we haven't gotten to see much from the ISS/Cygnus due to the shutdown on NASA TV. Only still photographs.
It's a shame we haven't gotten to see much from the ISS/Cygnus due to the shutdown on NASA TV. Only still photographs.
WASHINGTON — Orbital Sciences Corp. is planning to end its first cargo delivery mission to the international space station a little early, with the company’s now-trash-filled Cygnus spacecraft set for destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean Oct. 23, a spokesman said.
“It used to be Oct. 24, but in looking at the orbital mechanics of release, the team updated their burn schedule and Oct. 24 became Oct. 23,” Orbital spokesman Barron Beneski said in a phone interview Oct. 16.
Space station crew members will close Cygnus’ hatch Oct. 21. Then, around 5 a.m. Eastern time the next day, the craft will separate from the station’s Harmony node and maneuver away from the outpost to perform its deorbit burn.
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We have lost the signal from #Cygnus. Reentry accomplished. Represents the official completion of our COTS program with @NASA partners