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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 2 ч. назад

Captured at the moment of sunrise, #Cygnus foreshadows its own Viking funeral when it enters Earth's atmosphere.

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12/06/2017 09:23

After a 22-day stay at the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship is set for departure Wednesday en route to a higher orbit for release of 14 CubeSats for commercial weather monitoring and technology demonstrations.

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The cargo ship was detached from the space station's Unity module via ground commanding Tuesday, and the lab's Canadian-built robotic arm maneuvered it to a release point around 30 feet (10 meters) below the complex.

Expedition 53 astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba will send the command for the robotic arm to release the Cygnus spacecraft at around 8:10 a.m. EST (1310 GMT) Wednesday.

The spaceship will fire thrusters to back away from the station and depart its vicinity.

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The Cygnus cargo carrier lifted Nov. 12 from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard an Antares rocket, then completed an automated rendezvous and approach with the space station two days later.

The mission is the eighth commercial logistics flight to the space station managed by Orbital ATK under contract to NASA.

Once the Cygnus has departed, the station crew will prepare for the arrival of a Dragon capsule from SpaceX, NASA's other commercial cargo transportation provider.

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Лебедь готов к самостоятельному полёту (2017-12-06 14:40 ДМВ)
 

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Лебедь перед освобождением
 

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Свободен!
 

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12/06/2017 16:12

Cygnus release confirmed. The robotic arm is backing away from the commercial supply ship after releasing its grasp at 8:11 a.m. EST (1211 GMT) while the station orbited 257 miles over the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Brazil.

The cargo craft will next conduct a series of separation maneuvers to exit the station's vicinity.

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Orbital ATK‏Подлинная учетная запись @OrbitalATK 16 мин назад

Release confirmed! #Cygnus is now on its way to complete its secondary mission #OA8

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#Cygnus departure burn has begun as the spacecraft moves away from @Space_Station, removing more than 6,400 pounds of disposable cargo

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#Cygnus departure burn is complete

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 19 мин. назад

There she goes. Gracefully departing the KOS (Keep Out Sphere).

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 28 мин. назад

RELEASE! OA-8 Cygnus departing the ISS. 11 mins past the hour. ARTICLE: "Flawless" OA-8E Cygnus departs ISS for 12 days of free-flight activities - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/flawless-oa-8e-cygnus-iss-activities/ ...

By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF) ...

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"Flawless" OA-8E Cygnus departs ISS for 12 days of free-flight activities

December 6, 2017 by Chris Gebhardt

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/06/astronauts-command-robotic-arm-to-release-cygnus-cargo-craft/

Mark Garcia
Posted on December 6, 2017

Astronauts Command Robotic Arm to Release Cygnus Cargo Craft


The Cygnus cargo craft is seen from an International Space Station video camera moments after it was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV

After delivering almost 7,400 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments from around the world, the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft has departed the International Space Station. At 8:11 a.m., Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA gave the command to release Cygnus.

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On Tuesday, Dec. 5, ground controllers used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Cygnus spacecraft from the Earth-facing side of the station's Unity module. The spacecraft, which arrived at the station Nov. 14, then maneuvered above the Harmony module to gather data overnight that will aid in rendezvous and docking operations for future U.S. commercial crew vehicles arriving for a linkup to Harmony's international docking adapters.

Experiments delivered on Cygnus supported NASA and other research investigations during Expedition 53, including studies in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science.

Later today, Cygnus will release 14 CubeSats from an external NanoRacks deployer. Cygnus also is packed with more than 6,200 pounds of trash and other items marked for disposal during its destructive reentry Monday, Dec. 18.

The Cygnus launched Nov. 12 on Orbital ATK's upgraded Antares 230 rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for the company's eighth NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission.

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