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READY FOR CYGNUS.

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GOOD MORNING.

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THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON

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ON TUESDAY, AUGUST6TH, 2019.

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>> 602, CYGNUS DEPARTURE

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MONITORING.

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>> I WILL BE GOING OVER STEP

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ONE, DEPARTURE MONITORING.

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>> WE ARE LIVE HERE IN THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WITH A LIVE

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VIEW OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CARGO

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VEHICLE IN THE ROBOTIC ARM.

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THIS MORNING WE ARE BRINGING

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LIVE COVERAGE OF THE RELEASE AND

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DEPARTURE OF CYGNUS FROM THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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TODAY'S RELEASE IS BEING

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CONTROLLED BY GROUND CONTROLLERS

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HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.

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TEAMS HERE ARE BEING LED TODAY

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BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR JUDD

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FREELING, HE IS JOINED ON HIS

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CONSOLE TO HIS RIGHT BY CAP COM

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NEIL KENAD, AND CALL, AND HEAR

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CALLS TO THE CREW AS THEY GO

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THROUGH THE PROCEDURES FOR

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CYGNUS RELEASE.

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>> TODAY'S VISITING VEHICLE

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OFFICER IS THOMAS CASTLEBERRY

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AND BE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY

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WITH NORTHROP GRUMMAN A'S FLIGHT

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CONTROLLERS IN DULLES VIRGINIA,

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RELAYING UPDATES TO HERE IN

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MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.

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AND LEADING THE TEAM IN DULLES,

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VIRGINIA IS NORTHROP GRUMMAN

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MISSION CONTROLLER BROWER.

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THEY ARE KEEPING TABS ON THE

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CYGNUS VEHICLE AND WILL TAKE

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OVER FULL CONTROL OF THE

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SPACECRAFT ONCE IT HAS CROSSED

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OVER THE 0 APPROACH HE HELP

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SIDE, THAT SERVES AS A MYTHICAL

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COHEN AROUND THE STATION THAT IS

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REFERRED TO AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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SO ONCE CYGNUS DEPARTS THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING, THE

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAM WILL TAKE

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FULL CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.

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>> GET READY FOR RELEASE AND

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DEPARTURE.

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>> TEAMS NEAR MISSION CONTROL

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HOUSTON JUST FINISHED A FINAL

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GO, NO GO POLL AND JUST HEARD

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FROM -- GO FOR CYGNUS RELEASE ON

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TIME AT 16:15-G MT.

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>> STEPS 2THROUGH 4AND

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REMINDER THAT RELEASE WINDOW

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CLOSES AT 17:23 GMT.

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>> COPY FOR ON TIME RELEASE.

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..

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>> AND WE NOW HAVE CONFIRMATION

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THAT CYGNUS IS A GO FOR AN ON

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TIME RELEASE TODAY.

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THE RELEASE WINDOW IS SET TO

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OPEN UP AROUND 11:59 AND 59

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SECONDS A.M. CENTRAL TIME TODAY

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PUTTING CYGNUS ON TRACK FOR AN

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ON TIME RELEASE AROUND

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11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME THIS

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MORNING.

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EARLIER TODAY, FLIGHT

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CONTROLLERS HERE IN MISSION

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CONTROL HOUSTON USED THE SPACE

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STATION'S CANADA THE ARM

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2ROBOTIC ARM TO UNBOLT CYGNUS

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FROM THE EARTH FACING PORT OF

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THE UNITY MODULE AND MANEUVERED

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THE MODULE INTO ITS RELEASE

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POSITION WHERE IT SITS NOW.

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>> CYGNUS'S YOUR HONOR 0 FLY THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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BEGAN ON APRIL17 WHEN THE

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SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM THE

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WALLOP FLIGHT FACILITY IN

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FLORIDA.

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THE ANTARES ROCKET LAUNCHED OFF

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TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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THE CARRYING ABOUT 7,600 POUNDS

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OF SCIENCE RESEARCH, CREW

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SUPPLIES AND VEHICLE HARDWARE.

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>> CYGNUS ARRIVED TO ITS CAPTURE

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.2 DAYS LATER ON 0 APRIL19TH

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WITH NASA ASTRONAUT ANNE MCCLAIN

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AT THE CONTROLS OF THE CANADA

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ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM FOR CAPTURE AS

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THE -- OF THE CANADIAN SPACE

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AGENCY MONITORED UP THE SYSTEMS.

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CYGNUS WAS INSTALLED TO THE

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EARTH FACING PORT OF THE

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STATION'S UNITY MODULE WHERE IT

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STAYED FOR 109 DAYS.

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>> EACH SPACECRAFT IS NAMED

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AFTER INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS IN

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THE WORLD OF SPACE THE FLIGHT

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AND THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT FOR

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THIS STATION RESUPPLY MISSION IS

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DEDICATED TO ROGER CHAFFEE,

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CHAFFEE AND HIS CREW MATES GUS

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GRISSOM AND ED WHITE LOST THEIR

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LIVES ON 0 JANUARY27, 1967 IN

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THE APOLLO ONE FIRE ON THE

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LAUNCHPAD AT KENNEDY'S -- AS

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NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN

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FLORIDA.

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CHAFFEE WAS PART OF THE THIRD

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GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS SELECTED BY

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NASA IN 1963.

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.. AGAIN WE ARE STANDING BY NOW

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WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION THAT

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RELEASE WINDOW IS OPEN, WHICH

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SHOULD HAPPEN AROUND 11:59 AND

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59 SECONDS A.M. CENTRAL TIME

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TODAY.

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.. AFTER THAT THERE WILL BE A

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COUPLE OF MILESTONES AFTER CIG

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US? RELEASED THE FIRST

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MILESTONE COMES WHEN CYGNUS

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GATHERS THE KEEPOUT SPHERE WHICH

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IS AN INVISIBLE LINE ABOUT

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200METERS FROM THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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AFTER CYGNUS DEPARTURES THE

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KEEPOUT SPHERE THE NEXT

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MILESTONE WHEN IT ENTERS THE

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APPROACH EL HELP SIDE, ONCE

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CYGNUS GETS NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT

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OPERATIONS WILL END AND NORTHROP

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GRUMMAN TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL

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CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.

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OUR COVERAGE WILL END THERE, BUT

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ITS MISSION WON'T.

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WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ITS RELEASE,

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CYGNUS WILL BEGIN ITS SECONDARY

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MISSION DEPLOYING A SERIES OF

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CUBE SATS ONCE IT IS A SAFE

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DISTANCE FROM THE STATION TO,

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TWO DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS WILL

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BEGIN DEPLOYING THE FIRST IN A

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SERIES OF SMALL TECHNOLOGY

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DEMONSTRATION SATELLITES.

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AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF FREE

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FLIGHT OPERATIONS, NASA'S SEEKER

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ROBOTIC EXTERNAL CUBE SAT

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INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL BE

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DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL

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BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY

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TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND

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TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.

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WILL THEN TRANSMIT THOSE IMAGES

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TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER FOR

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STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION TO THE

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GROUND AT A LATER DATE ..

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>> AFTER ORBITING EARTH FOR

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ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF SYSTEM

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TESTS AND NANOSAT DEPLOYMENT

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CYGNUS WILL END ITS JOURNEY

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DISPOSING OF NEARLY -- TRASH IN

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THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PACIFIC

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OCEAN ON DECEMBER11TH, BURNING

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UP IN ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

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WE ARE IN A SHORT HANDOVER

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PERIOD RIGHT NOW BETWEEN

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SATELLITES BUT WE SHOULD BE

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REGAINING COMMUNICATIONS HERE IN

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A LITTLE BIT.

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CENTRAL TIME THIS MORNING, ABOUT

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FOUR MINUTES OUT RIGHT NOW. AND

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WE HAVE REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS

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AS YOU CAN SEE CYGNUS IS STILL

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SITTING AT THE END OF THE CANADA

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ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM.

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>> THE VIEW WE ARE GETTING NOW

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IS CALLED THE CUCKOO WORKSTATION

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ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

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STATION.

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THIS IS THE SAME VIEW THAT

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EXPEDITION 60 FLIGHT ENGINEERS

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NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA COOK OF

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NASA ARE NOW GETTING READY NOW

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AS THEY BACK UP THE GROUND

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CONTROL IN OTHER WORDS MISSION

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HAGUE IS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE

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ROBOTIC ARM TODAY BACKED UP BY

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>> HAGUE LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE CHEN

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0 ON MARCH14TH FROM THE BIKE

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FOUR CASS NO DOME.

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HAGUE IS NEARING THE END OF HIS

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TIMES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

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STATION WITH HIS RETURN HOME

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SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER3RD WHILE

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COOK IS NEARING THE HALFWAY MARK

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OF HER LONG DURATION MISSION.

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COOK WILL REMAIN ON BOARD THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ISS

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CONDUCTING RESEARCH STATION

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MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATIONS

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AND SPACEWALKS UNTIL HER RETURN

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HOME IS SCHEDULED FOR

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FEBRUARY2020.

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ONCE HER MISSION CONCLUDES SHE

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WILL HAVE SPENT NEARLY A YEAR IN

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ORBIT AS PART OF THREE

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EXPEDITIONS.

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AGAIN STANDING BY FOR THAT

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RELEASE WINDOW TO OPEN WE ARE

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ABOUT A MINUTE OUT.

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AND WE JUST RECEIVED

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CONFIRMATION THE RELEASE WINDOW

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IS NOW OPEN.

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>> WITH THAT RELEASE WINDOW NOW

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OPEN, EVERYTHING IS STILL ON

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TRACK FOR AN ON TIME RELEASE

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AROUND 11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME

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TODAY.

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>> WE ARE ABOUT TO MINUTES OUT

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NOW FROM THE RELEASE -- THE

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SCHEDULED RELEASE TIME.

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>> WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE

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OUT.

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>>

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>> AND RELEASE HAS BEEN

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CONFIRMED AT 11:15A.M. CENTRAL

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AS CYGNUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL

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SPACE STATION WERE FLYING 260

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STATUTE MILES OVER THE PACIFIC

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OCEAN.

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WE ARE GETTING A LIVE VIEW FROM

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THE CANADA ARM 2AS CYGNUS IS

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NOW BACKING AWAY FROM THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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NOW STANDING BY FOR CONFIRMATION

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THAT CYGNUS HAS STARTED ITS

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THREE MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN

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WHICH WILL MOVE THE SPACECRAFT A

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SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE

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STATION.

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ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE CANADA ARM

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2AS CYGNUS CONTINUES TO BACK

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>> AND HOUSTON STATION ON 2,

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CYGNUS DEPARTURE COMMANDED.

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WE COPY AND SEE IT.

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>> STATION HOUSTON, ON 2FOR

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CYGNUS, CYGNUS DEPARTURE BURN IS

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IN PROGRESS, CONTINUE TO MONITOR

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DEPARTURE, STEPS 2AND 3AND 1

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DECIMAL 602.

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>> WE COPY NOW.

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>> AND THAT WAS CAPTAIN

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CONFIRMING THE BURN IS UNDERWAY.

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>> AGAIN THIS BURN WILL MOVE

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CYGNUS A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM

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THE STATION CROSSING OVER THE

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APPROACH ELLIPSOIDS WHICH IS A

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MYTHICAL COHEN AROUND THE

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STATION WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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ONCE CYGNUS GATHERS THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD NORTHROP GRUMMAN

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WILL TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE

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SPACECRAFT FOR THE NEXT FOUR

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MONTHS.

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>> ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT IN

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THIS THREE MINUTE BURN AND

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GROUND CONTROLLERS HERE IN

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MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON ARE

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REPORTING ALL IS NOMINAL SO FAR.

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>> REPORTING EVERYTHING IS

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NOMINAL SO FAR.

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>> ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THE

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DEPARTURE BURN.

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>> 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE

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DEPARTURE BURN.

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>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THE

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DEPARTURE BURN IS NOW COMPLETE.

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>> HOUSTON, STATION ON 2FOR

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CYGNUS DEPARTURE, STEPS 2AND

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3COMPLETE.

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>> COPY RWS IS SAFE.

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>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION

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CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE OF THE

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KEEPOUT SPHERE.

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>>

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>> STATION HOUSTON ON 2, THE

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CYGNUS HAS EXITED THE 200-METER

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KEEPOUT SPHERE.

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>> COPY.

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>> AND THAT WAS CAP COM

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CONFIRMING CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE

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OF THE KEEPOUT SPHERE.

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>> COMM AGAIN, THE KEEPOUT

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SPHERE IS ONE OF THE MILESTONES

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BUILT INTO CYGNUS DEPARTURE

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TODAY.

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CYGNUS NOW COMPLETED TWO

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MILESTONES SO FAR WITH ITS

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RELEASE FROM THE CANADA ARM

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2ROBOTIC ARM AT 11:15A.M.

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CENTRAL TIME AS THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND

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CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE

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MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

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IT THEN CONDUCTED A THREE MINUTE

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DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A SAFE

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DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STATION

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AND CYGNUS IS NOW HEADED TOWARD

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THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY,

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THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.

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>> ONCE CYGNUS CROSSES OVER THE

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EL LIP 0 SIDE OUT OUTSIDE OF THE

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VICINITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL

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SPACE STATION JOINT OPERATIONS

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WILL END AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN

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TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL CONTROL OF

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THE SPACECRAFT.

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>> UNTIL THEN, NASA ASTRONAUTS

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NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA COOK

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WILL CONTINUE TO UPONNING FOR

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SYSTEMS FROM THE CUPOLA ON BOARD

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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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>> .. LATER TODAY CYGNUS WILL

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HAVE A COUPLE OF ENGINE FIRING

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TO RAISE ITSELF HIRING HIGHER

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THAN THE STATION TO BEGIN

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DEPLOYING A SERIES OF Q SATES,

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ONCE IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE IT

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WILL DEPLOY THE FIRST IN A

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SEARCH REALIZES SMALL TECHNOLOGY

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DEMONSTRATION SATELLITES AND

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AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF FREE

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FLIGHT NASA'S SEEKER ROBOTIC

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EXTERNAL CUBE STATISTIC

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INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL BE

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DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL

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BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY

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TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND

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TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.

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SEEKER WILL THEN TRANSMIT THOSE

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TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER INSIDE

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CYGNUS FOR STORAGE AND

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TRANSMISSION TO THE GROUND AT A

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LATER DATE.

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CYGNUS WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT

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UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR TO SERVE

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AS A TECHNICAL TEST BED,

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DEMONSTRATING ITS ABILITY TO

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SUPPORT PAYLOADS ON THE CARGO

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CRAFT FOR EXTENDED DURATIONS.

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>>

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>> AGAIN, CYGNUS HAS NOW

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COMPLETED TWO MILESTONES SO FAR,

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STARTING WITH ITS RELEASE FROM

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THE CANADA ARM 2ROBOTIC ARM AT

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11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME, AS THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND

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CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE

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MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

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IT THEN CONDUCT ADD THREE MINUTE

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DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A SAFE

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DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STATION

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00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:03,973
AND CYGNUS IS NOW HEADED TOWARD

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THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY,

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THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.

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>> ELLIPSOID THIS MISSION

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ACTUALLY STARTED AS A NOTABLE

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ONE BEFORE LAUNCH WHEN NORTHROP

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GRUMMAN DEMONSTRATED ITS NEW

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LOAD CAPABILITY BEFORE LAUNCH.

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PREVIOUSLY ALL CARGO HAD TO BE

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LOADED AROUND FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO

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LAUNCH, BUT THE NEW CAPABILITY

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USED FOR THIS MISSION ALLOWED

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FOR TIME SENSITIVE SCIENCE

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00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:41,886
EXPERIMENTS TO BE LOADED INTO

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CYGNUS JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE

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LIFTOFF.

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00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:49,769
>> USING THAT NEW LOAD

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00:28:49,769 --> 00:28:50,895
CAPABILITY CYGNUS DELIVERED

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00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:53,773
ABOUT 7,600 POUNDS OF SCIENCE,

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00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:56,025
RESEARCH, CREW SUPPLIES AND

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VEHICLE HARDWARE TO THE

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00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:58,653
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON

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00:28:58,653 --> 00:28:59,904
APRIL17TH.

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00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:14,919
>> OF THAT 7,600 POUNDS OF CARGO

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00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:15,920
WAS ABOUT 3,500 POUNDS OF

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00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,423
SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS.

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00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:19,549
ONE NOTABLE SCIENCE

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00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:21,676
INVESTIGATION SENT UP ON THIS

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00:29:21,676 --> 00:29:23,178
MISSION WAS RODENT RESEARCH,

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00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:23,928
THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR

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00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,306
RODENT RESEARCH TO BE FLOWN ON

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00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:27,932
THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT.

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00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,058
SPACEFLIGHT IS KNOWN FOR HAVING

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00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:30,935
A DRAMATIC INFLUENCE ON IMMUNE

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00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:32,187
RESPONSE BUT THERE IS LITTLE

415
00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:32,937
RESEARCH ON ITS EFFECT FOLLOWING

416
00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,939
AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE TO THE

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00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,691
BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.

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00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:38,318
USING A MOUSE MODEL MAKES THIS

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00:29:38,318 --> 00:29:40,195
POSSIBLE AS THE MOUSE IMMUNE

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00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:40,862
SYSTEM CLOSELY PARALLELS TO THAT

421
00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:56,961
OF HUMANS.

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00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:59,714
A GOOD PORTION OF RESEARCH SENT

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00:29:59,714 --> 00:30:00,840
UP ON THESE RESUPPLY MISSIONS IS

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00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,966
DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING HOW

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00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:04,844
THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS AND

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00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:05,845
THRIVES IN MICROGRAVITY. THERE

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00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:07,722
IS ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF

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00:30:07,722 --> 00:30:09,224
PARALLELS BETWEEN HEALTH

429
00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:10,475
CHALLENGES IN SPACE AND

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00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,101
DIFFERENT AILMENTS BACK HERE ON

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00:30:12,101 --> 00:30:13,728
EARTH WITH SOME SPACE BASED

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00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:15,104
TREATMENTS TRANSLATING DIRECTLY

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00:30:15,104 --> 00:30:16,856
TO HELPING PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH.

434
00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:18,107
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

435
00:30:18,107 --> 00:30:19,359
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN

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00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:20,735
ESSENTIAL TEST BED FOR PEOPLE ON

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00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:22,111
EARTH AND IN ORBIT AS WE

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00:30:22,111 --> 00:30:22,987
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

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00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:25,240
PLACING THE FIRST WOMAN AND NEXT

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00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,742
MAN ON THE MOON BY 2024 AND

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00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:28,868
EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS.

442
00:30:28,868 --> 00:31:22,547
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

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00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,299
STATION IS CURRENTLY FLYING OVER

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00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:27,927
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

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00:31:27,927 --> 00:32:25,985
>>NORTHROP GRUMMAN CYGNUS WAS

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00:32:25,985 --> 00:32:27,987
RELEASED FROM THE ROBOTIC ARM AT

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00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:30,740
11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME AS THE

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00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:31,366
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND

449
00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:33,618
CYGNUS WERE FLYING 260 STATUTE

450
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,745
MILES ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

451
00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:37,872
CYGNUS IS NOW HEADING TOWARD THE

452
00:32:37,872 --> 00:32:39,499
THE FINAL MILESTONE OF THE DAY

453
00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:41,000
TO CROSS OVER THE APPROACH

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00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,627
ELLIPSOID.

455
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:54,263
>> AGAIN ONCE CYGNUS CROSSES

456
00:32:54,263 --> 00:32:56,516
OVER THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID

457
00:32:56,516 --> 00:32:58,267
OUTSIDE OF THE VICINITY OF THE

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00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:00,019
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

459
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:02,522
NORTHROP GRUMMAN WILL TAKE FULL

460
00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:17,161
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.

461
00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:18,413
NORTHROP GRUMMAN, NORTHROP

462
00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:42,562
GRUMMAN,.

463
00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:44,814
>> AGAIN, STANDING BY FOR CYGNUS

464
00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:45,815
TO CROSS OVER THE APPROACH

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00:33:45,815 --> 00:33:47,191
ELLIPSOID, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR

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00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:53,072
ABOUT THREE MINUTES FROM NOW AT

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00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:56,826
11:36A.M. CENTRAL TIME.

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00:33:56,826 --> 00:34:10,089
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION

469
00:34:10,089 --> 00:34:14,844
CYGNUS NOW EXITED THE APPROACH

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00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:15,428
ELLIPSOID A LITTLE AHEAD OF

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00:34:15,428 --> 00:34:16,596
SCHEDULE.

472
00:34:16,596 --> 00:37:55,189
>> STATION HOUSTON, STATION

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00:37:55,189 --> 00:37:57,566
REACHED FOR CYGNUS.

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00:37:57,566 --> 00:37:59,318
>> ALL RIGHT.

475
00:37:59,318 --> 00:38:00,945
CYGNUS HAS EXITED THE APPROACH

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00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:01,696
ELLIPSOID.

477
00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:09,078
>> WITH THAT, NEIL, CYGNUS IS

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00:38:09,078 --> 00:38:11,205
OUT OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.

479
00:38:11,205 --> 00:38:20,715
>> AND THAT WAS CAP COMM

480
00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:22,591
CONFIRMING CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE

481
00:38:22,591 --> 00:38:24,468
OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID WHICH

482
00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:25,469
MEANS CYGNUS HAS LEFT THE

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00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:28,222
VICINITY OF THE SPACE STATION.

484
00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:35,229
>> SPACE TO GROUND 2FOR DREW,

485
00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:35,771
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE WE NEED

486
00:38:35,771 --> 00:38:36,480
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME

487
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,484
FOR HELP WITH THE BFS.

488
00:38:40,484 --> 00:39:42,421
>> AGAIN CYGNUS IS NOW OUTSIDE

489
00:39:42,421 --> 00:39:43,798
OF THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID AND

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00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,299
THIS IS THE POINT WHERE JOINT

491
00:39:45,299 --> 00:39:45,841
OPERATIONS END AND NORTHROP

492
00:39:45,841 --> 00:39:48,302
GRUMMAN TEAMS WILL TAKE FULL

493
00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:49,804
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.

494
00:39:49,804 --> 00:40:10,449
>> RECAPPING THE EVENTS FROM

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00:40:10,449 --> 00:40:12,076
TODAY, EARLIER THIS MORNING

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00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:13,202
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN

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00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:15,329
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON USED THE

498
00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:16,831
SPACE STATION'S CANADA ARM

499
00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:18,707
2ROBOTIC ARM TO UNBOLT CYGNUS

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00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:20,334
FROM THE EARTH FACING PORT OF

501
00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:22,336
THE STATION'S UNITY MODULE AND

502
00:40:22,336 --> 00:40:23,462
MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE INTO ITS

503
00:40:23,462 --> 00:40:24,713
RELEASE POSITION.

504
00:40:24,713 --> 00:40:25,714
WITH NICK HAGUE AT THE CONTROLS

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00:40:25,714 --> 00:40:27,842
OF THE CANADA ARM 2BACKED UP BY

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00:40:27,842 --> 00:40:30,219
CHRISTINA COOK, CYGNUS WAS SET

507
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:32,221
FREE AT 11:15A.M. CENTRAL TIME

508
00:40:32,221 --> 00:40:32,763
AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

509
00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:34,974
STATION AND CYGNUS WERE FLYING

510
00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:36,475
260 STATUTE MILES OVER THE

511
00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:42,106
PACIFIC OCEAN.

512
00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:42,690
CYGNUS THEN CONDUCTED A THREE

513
00:40:42,690 --> 00:41:03,377
MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN.

514
00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:04,503
CYGNUS THEN CONDUCTED A THREE

515
00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:05,504
MINUTE DEPARTURE BURN TO MOVE A

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00:41:05,504 --> 00:41:07,882
SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE

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00:41:07,882 --> 00:41:10,259
STATION, SECONDS AFTER THE

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00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:10,843
DEPARTURE BURN ENDED CYGNUS

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EXITED THE KEEPOUT SPHERE ABOUT

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200-METERS AWAY FROM THE

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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THE FINAL MILESTONE CAME JUST

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MINUTES AGO WHEN CYGNUS CROSSED

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OVER THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID,

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LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE

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STATION WHERE JOINT OPERATIONS

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ENDED AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAMS

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TOOK FULL CONTROL OF THE

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SPACECRAFT.

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00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:33,782
>> LATER TODAY CYGNUS WILL

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CONDUCT A PAIR OF ENGINE FIRINGS

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TO RAISE ITS AT A ATTITUDE ABOUT

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40MILES HIGHER THAN THE

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STATION, PUTTING IT AT THE

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CORRECT ALTITUDE TO BEGIN

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DEPLOYING A SERIES OF CUBE SATS

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ONCE IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY

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FROM THE STATION TWO DEPLOYMENT

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SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN DEPLOYING THE

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FIRST IN A SERIES OF SMALL

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TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

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SATELLITES AND AFTER ABOUT A

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00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,429
MONTH OF FREE FLIGHT OPERATIONS

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NASA'S SEEKER ROBOTIC EXTERNAL

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CUBE SAT INSPECTION VEHICLE WILL

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BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONS WILL

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BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ABILITY

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TO MANEUVER AROUND CYGNUS AND

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TAKE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS.

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>> SEEKER WILL TRANSMIT THOSE

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PHOTOS TO ITS KENOBI RECEIVER

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INSIDE CYGNUS FOR STORAGE AND

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TRANSMISSION TO THE GROUND AT A

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00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:17,576
LATER DATE.

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AND CYGNUS WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT

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UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR TO SERVE

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AS A TECHNICAL TEST BEST

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00:42:22,831 --> 00:42:24,458
DEMONSTRATING ITS ABILITY TO

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SUPPORT PAYLOADS ON THE CARGO

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CRAFT FOR EXTENDED DURATIONS.

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00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:59,618
>> AFTER CYGNUS ORBIT IT IS

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EARTH FOR FOUR MONTHS OF SYSTEM

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TESTS AND NANOSAT DEPLOYMENT

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CYGNUS WILL DISPOSE OF NEARLY

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5,400 POUNDS OF TRASH DURING ITS

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GUYER I ARE REENTRY INTO THE

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ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE PACIFIC

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OCEAN ON DECEMBER11TH.

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00:43:14,508 --> 00:43:17,636
>> WITH CYGNUS NOW SAFELY

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DEPARTED FROM THE VICINITY OF

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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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AFTER ITS 109 DAY STAY THAT WILL

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WRAP UP OUR RELEASE COVERAGE FOR

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TODAY.

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THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.