Space station accepts special delivery from Virginia
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station accepted delivery Thursday of more than 7,000 pounds of supplies from Virginia.
A commercial cargo ship arrived at the orbiting lab three days after launching from Wallops Island. Orbital ATK shipped the goods for NASA in a Cygnus capsule, which is named after the swan constellation.
NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Ricky Arnold used the station’s big robot arm to snag the Cygnus from orbit, as the craft passed 260 miles above Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and swung out over the southern Indian Ocean.
“Excellent job, guys,” Mission Control radioed. “You’ve got a whole team down here in Houston with big smiles on their faces,” along with the Orbital ATK controllers in Dulles, Virginia.