Orbital Science Corporation’s unmanned Cygnus cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station. The spacecraft made its rendezvous with the station at at 8:44 AM EDT on Sunday, a week behind schedule and 11 days after launching from NASA’s Wallops Island facility. The delay was due to a software malfunction and the need to make way for the docking of a manned Soyuz spacecraft on September 25... Continue Reading Cygnus docks with International Space Station
Section: Space
Tags: Cygnus, International Space Station, NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Spacecraft
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