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January 14, 2014

Cygnus Work Under Way, Normal Station Operations Continue
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2014
Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station on its Orbital-1 resupply mission. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins captured Cygnus with the station's robotic arm at 6:08 a.m. EST Sunday. He and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio worked quickly and opened the resupply craft's hatches six hours later. The NASA astronauts were joined in the cupola by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata during Cygnus' arrival. After its capture, Wakata took over the controls ... read more

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