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good morning it's Monday November 4th
and we're starting the week off with the
arrival of the Northup Grumman Cygnus
spacecraft to the International Space
Station this live view from the orbiting
laboratory itself shows Cygnus position
just outside the earth-facing side of
the station's unity module teams here
are about an hour ahead of schedule for
berthing Cygnus to the space station
following an on-time capture this
morning at 4:10 a.m. Eastern Time as the
space station was flying 259 statute
miles over Madagascar we're live from
the International Space Station flight
control room in Houston Texas where the
canadarm2 is currently being commanded
by robotics flight controllers here on
the ground you can see all of the flight
controllers here in the room they're
monitoring all of the systems aboard the
International Space Station lead flight
director for this mission is Rick the
broad and he's accompany this morning by
Allison Bollinger
cygnus arrives today with over 4 tons of
crew supplies hardware and other
equipment for the International Space
Station this is the largest payload
Cygnus has carried to date
for a breakdown of some of the equipment
aboard the Cygnus resupply craft you can
see there are over 1761 pounds of crew
supplies utilization there that's
science experiments and associated
hardware weighing over four thousand two
hundred and forty two supplies this
Cygnus cargo craft also brings the
remainder of the tools that will be used
during the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
spacewalks scheduled for later this
month and that's 203 pounds of spacewalk
equipment another 1561 pounds of vehicle
and system hardware and another 31
pounds of computer resources the
International Space Station is currently
flying 267 statute miles over the Indian
Ocean and you can see Cygnus there at
the end of the canadarm2 with its ultra
flex solar arrays extended NASA
astronaut Jessica Muir backed up by NASA
astronaut christina cook captured Cygnus
this morning on time at 3:10 a.m.
central for 10:00 a.m. Eastern
after the
after the cargo resupply craft controls
of the canadarm2 were turned over to the
robotics flight controllers here on the
ground who have since used the canid arm
to to reposition the spacecraft bring it
up to the station's unity module where
you see it positions now
man's come from the ground to the
robotic arm you'll see cygnus move in
very small increments while the team to
perform alignment checks along the way
some of those checks have already been
conducted this morning including using
cameras to ensure that the vehicle the
Cygnus spacecraft itself is clear of any
foreign object debris once Cygnus makes
contact with the unity module it will be
attached with four latches and it will
appear firmly attached at that point but
birthing itself will be confirmed after
an additional 16 bolts have created an
even firmer hold on the vehicle
we're in a short satellite handover
period and we will regain communication
with the international space station
shortly
all the Cygnus vehicles are named after
people who have made significant
contributions to spaceflight and this
one is named after Apollo and Skylab
astronaut who died on May 26 2018 that's
Alan bean Cygnus launched on November
2nd 2019 50 years to the month after
Alan bean Pete Conrad and dick Gordon
flew to the moon on the Apollo 12
mission on that mission bean became the
fourth human to walk on the lunar
surface and he was the lunar module
pilot aboard intrepid with mission
commander Conrad when they landed at the
ocean of storms on the moon on November
19th and 1969 four years later he also
commanded the second crewed Skylab
mission Skylab 3 which launched on July
28 1973 he along with Owen Garriott and
Jack Lew's must spent 59 days in space
aboard America's first space station now
his name flies again aboard Cygnus
arriving at America and the
International Space Station
you can see cygnus moving slowly in
toward unity in this video of from the
centerline berthing camera system
showing good alignment with the vehicle
Cygnus is now in the
to latch position
as the International Space Station flies
264 miles over Australia you can see
lightning in the background and first
stage capture of the vehicle as complete
robotic flight controllers have
configured the arm into its limp mode
meaning it won't be imparting any forces
on the vehicle as the next stages of
capture are completed
once Cygnus is birth to the unity module
today it will remain attached until
January 2020
once it departs the international space
station Cygnus will still stay in space
for a couple of weeks to complete some
additional objectives before burning up
in the Earth's atmosphere upon reentry
the 16a bolts that will firmly attach
the vehicles to the space station are
now driving
there are two hatches the crew will need
to open to access the contents of
sickness later this afternoon
once the vehicle has been attached
there's a hatch on the station side and
a hatch on Cygnus itself the crew will
begin outfitting the space between
Cygnus and the station later today and
prepare for opening the hatch
there are currently six people living
aboard the International Space Station
and astronauts need to work out about
two hours every day to keep from losing
any bone or muscle mass however while
the canadarm2 is attached to the Cygnus
vehicle and teams are performing
alignment checks and preparing for
berthing there's no exercise allowed on
the station to avoid any vibrations in
the cane and arm - and keeps the vehicle
aligned
and we have confirmation that the a
bolts have completed driving and the
Cygnus is birth to the unity module on
the International Space Station the
space station was flying over the South
Pacific at 5:21 a.m. Central time when
Cygnus made its final arrival
station Houston spaced around to four
Cygnus status
- ables
are complete Cygnus is structurally
attached to the ISS great news thank you
now that Cygnus is attached to the
International Space Station the crew
will begin accessing its cargo later
this afternoon
Cygnus journey began two days ago on
November 2nd at 859 a.m. Central Time
when it launched from Wallops Island
Virginia and it was captured this
morning by NASA's Cristina NASA's
Jessica Mira and Christina cook while
filing 259 statute miles over Madagascar
at 3:10 a.m. Central time berthing was
completed of Cygnus to the station's
unity module while flying over the South
Pacific this morning at 5:21 a.m.
Central time Cygnus will remain attached
until January 2020 that wraps up our
coverage
arrival to the International Space
Station today however we will be
broadcasting live from launch complex 32
at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico
as Boeing prepares to put the launch
abort system of its cst-100 Starliner to
the test coverage is scheduled to begin
at 7:50 a.m. Central time at 6:50 a.m.
mountain time and this 90 second test is
designed to demonstrate star liners
ability to quickly escape the launch pad
in the event of a launch day emergency
this will be Boeing's first flight test
as part of NASA's Commercial Crew
program and will help evaluate the
performance of the abort system prior to
missions to the International Space
Station with a crew on board NASA and
the commercial partners Boeing and
SpaceX are working toward returning the
capability to launch American astronauts
to the space station in low-earth orbit
on American built spacecraft from
American soil but for now we thank you
for joining us for this morning's
capture and birthing coverage of
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus to the
International Space Station signing off
for now this is Mission Control Houston
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