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Cygnus Spacecraft Makes Historic Rendezvous With Space Station

Posted by samzenpus on from the open-the-success-lock dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Orbital Sciences Corp's robotic Cygnus spacecraft made history by docking with the International Space Station early Sunday. From the article: 'The robotic Cygnus spacecraft was captured by space station astronauts using the outpost's robotic arm at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) as the two spacecraft sailed over the Indian Ocean. The orbital arrival, which occurred one week later than planned due to a software data glitch, appeared to go flawlessly.'"

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  1. Huh? by MBGMorden · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can tell the government is involved when an operation that happened a week late due to a "software data glitch" went "flawlessly".

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  2. Re:Historic? by foniksonik · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They both make sense in that there is redundancy. Add the Soyuz with its human transport and escape pod and you've got a pretty good justification for keeping the ISS going. Without all three the ISS becomes a liability rather than an asset.

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