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First Cygnus mission, first mission to rendezvous with ISS, first mission to berth with ISS, second launch of Antares. Docking to ISS delayed due to a computer data link problem, [31] which was later was resolved. [32] 2 Orb-1 C. Gordon Fullerton: Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 1 Standard 9 January 2014, 18:07:05 Antares 120: 2,780 lb (1,260 kg ...
The Cygnus resupply spacecraft arriving at the ISS does not connect to a docking port, instead it is pulled into a berthing mechanism by the station's robotic arm and the station then closes the connection. The berthing mechanism is used only on the US segment of the ISS, the Russian segment of the ISS uses docking ports for permanent berths.
As hoped, the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft manufactured by Orbital Sciences successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday. Although the vessel had rendezvoused with the ISS ...
Clockwise: Progress, H-II Transfer Vehicle, Automated Transfer Vehicle, Enhanced Cygnus, Standard Cygnus, and SpaceX Dragon Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS) are made primarily to deliver cargo, however several Russian modules have also docked to the outpost following uncrewed launches.
Watch as the Cygnus spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station on Friday 4 August. The craft, also known as the SS Laurel Clark - named for the fallen space shuttle Columbia astronaut ...
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Cygnus was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, partially funded by NASA under the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. To create Cygnus, Orbital paired the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, built by Thales Alenia Space and previously used by the Space Shuttle for ISS logistics, with a service module based on Orbital's GEOStar, a satellite bus.
Cygnus NG-18 was the seventh Cygnus mission under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems confirmed on 23 February 2021 that Thales Alenia Space of Turin, Italy, will fabricate two additional Pressurized Cargo Modules (PCMs) for a pair of forthcoming Commercial Resupply Services-2 missions.