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September 18, 2013

US launches unmanned Cygnus cargo ship to ISS
Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2013
Orbital Sciences Corp launched the first flight of its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship Wednesday to the International Space Station, as NASA forges ahead with its plan to privatize US space missions. "This is just the beginning of what we can do to support human space flight," Orbital executive vice president Frank Culbertson, a retired NASA astronaut, told reporters after Cygnus went into orbit around the Earth. The Cygnus capsule, hitched to Orbital Science's Antares rocket, blasted off at 10:58 am ... read more

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