Cygnus Capsule Departs ISS For Commercial Sat Releases

HOUSTON—Northrop Grumman’s 10th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Station (ISS) Feb. 8 to begin a planned 17-day second leg of its mission to deploy three small satellites using a NanoRacks external deployer. ISS Astronauts Anne McClain of NASA and David...

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