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Topic: Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygnus Orb-2 CRS flight

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 07-16-2014 06:16 AM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]SS Janice Voss arrives at space station[/b]</font> <div align="justify">The Expedition 40 crew welcomed more than a ton and a half of science, supplies and spacewalking equipment to the International Space Station Wednesday (July 16) with the arrival of SpaceShip Janice Voss, an Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo spacecraft. With the Janice Voss securely in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, the robotics officer at Mission Control in Houston remotely operated the arm to guide the cargo craft to its berthing port on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony module. Once the Cygnus was in position, flight engineer Reid Wiseman monitored the Common Berthing Mechanism operations for first and second stage capture of the cargo ship, assuring that the vehicle was securely attached to the station with a hard mate. Second stage capture was completed at 7:53 a.m. EDT (1253 GMT). The Janice Voss was grappled at 5:36 a.m. as it flew within about 32 feet of the complex by commander Steve Swanson — with assistance from flight engineer Alexander Gerst — as he controlled the 57-foot Canadarm2 from a robotics workstation inside the station's cupola. Wiseman joined his crewmates in the seven-windowed cupola to assist with the capture and help coordinate the activities. At the time of capture, the orbital laboratory was flying around 260 statute miles over northern Libya. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/orbital_orb2_grapple01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/orbital_orb2_grapple01.jpg" width="400" height="265" border="0"></a></center> After Wiseman removes the Centerline Berthing Camera System that provided the teams with a view of berthing operations through the hatch window, he will pressurize the vestibule between Harmony and the newly arrived cargo craft and conduct a leak check. Once that is complete, Swanson and Gerst will open the hatch to the vestibule and outfit the area for the opening of Cygnus' hatch around 6 a.m. Thursday.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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