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Orbital ATK names space station freighter for fallen Columbia astronaut [i]The next U.S. commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station will fly with the name of the late NASA astronaut who commanded the final, ill-fated mission of the space shuttle Columbia. Orbital ATK on Tuesday (March 8) announced that its next Cygnus spaceship is christened the "S.S. Rick Husband." "We're proud to unveil the name of our Cygnus spacecraft — the S.S. Rick Husband, in honor of the late astronaut," the Dulles, Virginia-based company wrote on Twitter.[/i]
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