TORONTO – After three weeks at the International Space Station (ISS), Canadarm2 released the Cygnus commercial craft Tuesday morning.
Cygnus arrived at the ISS on Sept. 29 after encountering a navigation data “mismatch” that delayed the cargo by a week. After fixing the problem, NASA mission managers decided to postpone the docking until the new ISS crew, Expedition 37, launched from Kazakhstan and docked.
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The spacecraft delivered 1,300 pounds of food and clothing and also included student experiments.
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The hope is that Cygnus will be used to deliver critical science payloads to the ISS, the only laboratory in microgravity.
Cygnus will fire its engines at 1:41 p.m. and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere before burning up over the Pacific Ocean.
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