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Unmanned Cargo Ship Reaches ISS On Resupply Mission (telegraph.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: NASA partner Orbital ATK reports an unmanned cargo shipped has successfully docked at the ISS, delivering 7,900 lbs (3.6 metric tons) worth of supplies for the crew of six astronauts. The supplies consisted of food, water, clothes, and materials needed for scientific research such as a new 3D printer and Gecko Gripper. The operation was over by 1452 GMT as the space station's robotic arm, operated by crew members, captured Cygnus and guided it into its berthing port. Orbital has launched five supply missions to the ISS as part of a $1.9 billion contract with NASA. "Our flexible Cygnus spacecraft has a lot of work left to do. Following its stay at the ISS, and for the first time, we will undertake three experiments onboard the unmanned spacecraft," said Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK's Space Systems Group.
We should not be supplying anything to ISIS. I hope none of 'their kind' are allowed to go there.
The Donald
The feminists have really gone too far now. They've even unmanned the space ship that resupplies the ISS.
You are welcome on my lawn.
are delivered. Whoopdeedoo.
Nope, someone beat me to it. Ah well... It's still really kind of neat that there's so little excitement about this sort of thing. This would have been televised, across the globe, not that many years ago. Now, it's a thirty second blurb on the television news - if you're lucky and there's nothing major going on.
BREAKING NEWS: Attempted Docking of First Post a Complete Failure
Details at 11.
The editors simply need experience:
Drone buzzes Space Station; drops off package
Amateurs.
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