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Forum: Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic: Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygus COTS demo flight

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 09-29-2013 06:18 AM collectSPACE <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0"><A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-092913a.html">Commercial Cygnus spacecraft makes first arrival at space station</a></font> [i]A private cargo spacecraft made a delayed but successful arrival at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday (Sep. 29), becoming the first of a new type of commercial spaceship to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory. Orbital Sciences' inaugural Cygnus unmanned spacecraft approached the station from below, autonomously flying to within 40 feet (12 meters) of the sprawling complex before being grappled by the station's robot arm at 6:00 a.m. CDT (1100 GMT). "Cygnus capture complete," said European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, who was at the controls of the station's robotic arm when the Cygnus was captured.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-092913a.html" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-092913a-lg.jpg" width="400" height="265" border="0"></a></center>
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