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Cygnus Freighter Fueled and Loaded to Resume American Cargo Launches to Space Station
First enhanced Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo ship is fully assembled and being processed for blastoff to the ISS on Dec. 3, 2015 on a ULA Atlas V rocket. This view shows the Cygnus, named the SS Deke Slayton II, and twin payload enclosure fairings inside the Kennedy Space Center clean room. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
The largest and most advanced version of the privately developed Cygnus cargo freighter ever built by Orbital ATK is fueled, loaded and ready to go to orbit – signifying a critical turning point towards resuming American commercial cargo launches to the space station for NASA that are critical to keep it functioning.
The enhanced and fully assembled commercial Cygnus was unveiled to the media, including Universe Today, during an exclusive tour inside the clean room facility on Friday, Nov. 13, where it is undergoing final prelaunch processing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Blastoff of Cygnus atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on the OA-4 resupply mission under contract to NASA is anticipated on (…)
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Post tags: Atlas V rocket, cargo resupply, commercial resupply services (CRS), Commercial Space, CRS, Cygnus, Cygnus cargo vessel, Cygnus Orb-3, kennedy space center, NASA, OA-4, Orbital ATK, SpaceX, SpaceX CRS-7, ULA
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/123435/cygnus-freighter-fueled-and-loaded-to-resume-american-cargo-launches-to-space-station/
