Cygnus OA-7 Cargo Craft set for ISS Departure Sunday, Weeks ahead of Schedule
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 spacecraft is being prepared to depart the International Space Station on Sunday – six weeks ahead of the mission’s original schedule
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Cygnus Cargo Ship Captured by Space Station for Three-Month Stay & Critical Science Delivery
Booked for a three month stay, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, hauling nearly 3,500 Kilograms of supplies to the orbiting laboratory to support dozens of scientific experiments, ISS maintenance, and an unprecedented CubeSat constellation for the exploration of a largely unknown region of Earth’s atmosphere.
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Cygnus OA-7 Supply Ship on Course to Space Station for Saturday Arrival
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 spacecraft is ready for its approach to the International Space Station on Saturday to deliver critical supplies and experiments to the orbiting laboratory.
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S.S. John Glenn Cargo Spacecraft races into Orbit atop Atlas V Rocket
A critical science-enabling cargo delivery to the International Space Station was successfully sent on its way on Tuesday when a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rumbled away from Florida’s Cape Canaveral to place the Cygnus cargo spacecraft into orbit.
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Orbital ATK books additional Ride on Atlas V for Cygnus Cargo Mission to ISS
Orbital ATK will call upon ULA’s Atlas V rocket one more time to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in the spring of 2017 to ensure the orbiting complex remains in a comfortable resupply situation and can operate at full capacity through what is shaping up to be a busy year for the ISS program.
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Next Cygnus Craft is prepared for Space Station Cargo Run
Preparations for the next Cygnus cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station have begun at the Kennedy Space Center where elements of the mission are being readied for launch.
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Photos: Cygnus blasts off atop Atlas V, setting sail for ISS
An Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral on December 6, 2015 on the launcher’s first mission in support of the International Space Station, lifting the Cygnus OA-4 resupply craft into orbit.
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Videos: Atlas V blasts off on first Space Station Mission
An Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral on December 6, 2015 on the launcher’s first mission in support of the International Space Station, lifting the Cygnus OA-4 resupply craft into orbit.
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Cygnus Resupply Mission to ISS begins with spectacular Sunset Launch of Atlas V
The Cygnus spacecraft is back in orbit for its return to flight mission to the International Space Station, coming back from last October’s Antares launch failure. Orbital ATK’s resupply spacecraft lifted off on Sunday atop an Atlas V rocket as the first in a pair of interim missions contracted to United Launch Alliance until the modified Antares rocket will be ready for flight using a new main engine system.
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Persistent Winds delay Atlas V Launch with Cygnus to Sunday
Uncooperative weather forced the Atlas V launch team to again delay the launch of the Cygnus OA-4 Space Station Resupply mission on Saturday.
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Strong Winds keep Atlas V on the Ground, Cygnus Launch delayed to Saturday
The first mission of the Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station was kept on the ground by high winds on Friday, pushing the launch of the Cygnus OA-4 ISS resupply mission into the weekend.
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Florida Weather grounds Cygnus & Atlas V – Next Launch Attempt Friday
The return to flight of the Cygnus spacecraft and the very first mission of an Atlas V rocket in support of the International Space Station will have to wait at least one more day after bad weather kept the rocket on the ground on Thursday.
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Atlas V ready for first Space Station Launch Thursday, lifting Cygnus Resupply Craft
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket has been rolled to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the rocket’s first mission in support of the International Space Station, launching the Cygnus OA-4 resupply mission.
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