US space truck Cygnus began docking with the ISS – RIA Novosti

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 – RIA Novosti. spacecraft Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) crew begin to capture the device and its subsequent docking module Unity (Unity), reported at NASA.

Start modernized space truck company Cygnus Orbital ATK 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.

NASA conducts live broadcast of the docking to the ISS. In the next few hours the crew of the ISS NASA astronauts Chell Lindgren and Scott Kelly will carry out the seizure of the device by means of the manipulator Canadarm2. Cygnus is the first ship docked to the module Unity (Unity) since its docking port was released from the storage unit PMM (Permanent Multipurpose Module).

The truck, which is delivered to the station more than 3 tons of cargo, leaves ISS estimated in late January. He will take to the ISS more than 1 ton of used consumables and burn up during re-entry.