Cygnus cargo craft unhooks from space station
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
The first privately built Cygnus cargo ship to visit the International Space Station detached from the orbiting lab Tuesday (Oct. 22) and is poised to destroy itself in Earth's atmosphere in a fiery finale to its successful test flight.The unmanned Cygnus spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corp.