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Forum: Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic: Orbital Sciences' Cygnus-Antares spacecraft

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 08-25-2011 10:26 AM NASA release <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Cygnus Space Station Cargo Carrier Arrives At NASA Wallops[/b]</font> <div align="justify">NASA's work to help develop commercial space transportation systems reached a significant achievement yesterday with the arrival at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia of the Cygnus Pressurized Cargo Module, Orbital Science Corp.'s spacecraft to carry supplies to the International Space Station. <center><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/cygnus-arrives.html" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/orbital_cygnus_pcm02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="245" BORDER="0"></a> <font size="-2">Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility</font></center> "This is one more important step in our partnership with U.S. private industry to build safe, reliable and cost effective cargo transportation systems," said Philip McAlister, acting director of commercial space flight development at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We are pleased that Orbital has made this accomplishment and look forward to the company flying the Cygnus spacecraft in 2012." During the next several months, Orbital's engineering team will integrate the pressurized module with the Cygnus service module that includes the spacecraft's avionics, propulsion and power systems. The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight from Wallops early next year on an Orbital Taurus II launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9i2j7gdHuuE?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>
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