LIVE NOW: Orbital ATK’s #Cygnus cargo spacecraft to depart from the International Space Station, planned for 9:10am ET. Watch: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
The cargo craft arrived at the Space Station April 22 with more than 7,600 pounds of cargo to support crew members and science experiments that included studies on cancer-fighting drugs, crystal growth and atmospheric reentry.
Cygnus will remain in orbit for a week in support of the SAFFIRE experiment and the deployment of four small Nanoracks satellites before Orbital ATK flight controllers command it to deorbit Sunday, June 11. It will burn up harmlessly in the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
