ISS crew saw the launch of the space rocket with cargo ship Cygnus – RIA Novosti

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 – RIA Novosti. The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) watched the start of the Atlas V rocket with a truck Cygnus, he said on his Twitter account Crew Commander American NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.

“I caught something good on the horizon! Cygnus in the sunset light on the way to the space station,” – signed an astronaut made it out of the dome ISS photo, which shows bright spot . NASA celebrated before the start that the start time and finding the ISS will allow the crew to see the long-awaited launch of the American rocket with a cargo to the station.

Start to upgrade to the current launch of a space truck Cygnus was given at 00.44 MSK on Monday from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral (Florida) by a rocket Atlas V, belonging to the alliance ULA. In the payment time a truck whose arrival at the ISS for Wednesday 9 December, will deliver into orbit more than 3 tons of cargo, including rations, essentials, materials for scientific experiments.

At the station also arrive mini satellites which will be launched into outer space directly from the ISS. Cygnus device will be docked to the location on the Earth-facing side of the ISS module “Unity” (Unity, Unity). Earlier in May, NASA released the docking port of the module from the storage unit PMM (Permanent Multipurpose Module, PMM) for future connections with American ships.