Cygnus OA-7 (CRS-7) - Atlas V - Canaveral SLC-41 - 18.04.2017 15:11 UTC

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04/22/2017 14:59
With Cygnus now mere inches away from its home at the International Space Station, the astronauts and flight controllers will be watchingfor four "ready-to-latch" indicators to show the vessel is seated into the berthing port before bolting begins.

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04/22/2017 15:33
The "ready-to-latch" indicators are green, giving the crew the OK to proceed with mechanically bolting the Cygnus in place. Sixteen electrically-driven bolts in the Common Berthing Mechanism will be engaged to affix the visiting vehicle.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 1 мин. назад

Four green Ready-to-Latch Indicators, now ready for capture latches to close. #Cygnus

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04/22/2017 15:37
Bolting is now underway to connect Cygnus to the Unity module, which was the first U.S. element of the International Space Station launched. First stage capture has been achieved.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 1 мин. назад

Stage 1 Capture confirmed. The robotic arm will now switch to limp-mode to allow #Cygnus to be pulled in by the CBM Bolts.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 9 сек. назад

BERTHED! OA-7 Cygnus arrives with four ton of cargo for the ISS. ARTICLE: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/04/s-s-john-glenn-oa-7-cygnus-arrival-station/ ... - COVERAGE: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=42779.0 ...

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04/22/2017 15:40
Cygnus became part of the International Space Station at 8:39 a.m. EDT when the 16 bolts were fully engaged and tightened for second tage capture. The cargo ship will spend the next three months at the outpost -- through July 16 or so -- being unloaded and then filled with trash for disposal.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 3 мин. назад

2nd Stage Capture. #Cygnus OA-7 now officially a part of ISS (12:39 UTC). Bolt loading is next before the crew can press on with leak checks

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/04/22/cygnus-bolted-to-station-for-three-months/

Cygnus Bolted to Station for Three Month Stay
Posted on April 22, 2017 at 8:54 am by Mark Garcia.

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Four spacecraft are parked at the station including the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship, the Progress 66 cargo craft and the Soyuz MS-03 and MS-04 crew vehicles.

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The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 8:39 a.m. EDT. Crew will ingress the spacecraft later today. The spacecraft will spend about three months on station before it is released in July for a destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, disposing of several thousand pounds of trash.

The spacecraft's arrival brings more than 7,600 pounds of research and supplies to support Expedition 51 and 52. Some of the research on board includes:
 

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• In microgravity, cancer cells grow in 3-D, spheroid structures that closely resemble their form in the human body, enabling better tests for drug the efficacy. The ADCs in Microgravity investigation tests drugs designed as targeted cancer therapies called antibody-drug conjugates, developed by Oncolinx.
• The Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules (SUBSA) investigation originally was operated successfully aboard the station in 2002. Updated software, data acquisition, high definition video and communication interfaces will help advance understanding of the processes involved in semiconductor crystal growth. Investigations such as the CLYC Crystal Growth experiment will be conducted in the SUBSA Furnace and inserts. High-quality crystals are essential to a variety of applications, and a microgravity environment can produce better quality crystals.
• The Thermal Protection Material Flight Test and Reentry Data Collection (RED-Data2) investigation studies a new type of recording device that rides alongside a spacecraft as it reenters Earth's atmosphere, recording data about the extreme conditions it encounters. Scientists, so far, have been unable to monitor those conditions on a large scale, and a better understanding could lead to more accurate spacecraft breakup predictions, better spacecraft designs, and materials capable of better resisting the extreme heat and pressure during the return to Earth.
  

Prior to re-entry in late July, the Cygnus spacecraft will also host the third Spacecraft Fire Experiment, or SAFFIRE, to study how fire burns in microgravity. Data from these experiments will help inform the development of future crew spacecraft.

Learn more about the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission by going to the mission home page at: http://www.nasa.gov/orbitalatk. Join the conversation on Twitter by following @Space_Station. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list, please email heo-pao@lists.nasa.gov.

This entry was posted in Expedition 51 and tagged cygnus, European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Orbital ATK, progress, Soyuz on April 22, 2017 by Mark Garcia.

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U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship Arrives at the International Space Station

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Опубликовано: 22 апр. 2017 г.

On April 22, hours arriving at the International Space Station, Orbital ATK's Cygnus resupply ship was captured by Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and Commander Peggy Whitson of NASA using the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Later, Cygnus was installed to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module where it will reside for the next three months. Cygnus is packed with 7,600 pounds of supplies and research for the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BY-JpUfsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BY-JpUfsQ (4:51)

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http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/release.asp?prid=246

Orbital ATK's Cygnus Successfully Completes Rendezvous and Berthing with International Space Station

S.S. John Glenn Spacecraft Delivers Approximately 7,600 Pounds of Cargo Including Supplies and Scientific Experiments

Cygnus Begins Three-Month Stay at the Orbiting Laboratory

Dulles, Virginia 22 April 2017 – Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced that its CygnusTM spacecraft successfully completed rendezvous and berthing with the International Space Station earlier today. Known as OA-7, the mission marks the company's seventh cargo delivery mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract. The OA-7 Cygnus spacecraft is named the "S.S. John Glenn" in keeping with Orbital ATK's tradition to name its Cygnus spacecraft in honor of those who made significant contributions to America's human spaceflight programs.

Cygnus launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 18. The spacecraft executed a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit and reach the space station. Once Cygnus was in close range, crew members grappled the spacecraft with the station's robotic arm at 6:05 a.m. EDT. It was then guided to the Nadir berthing port on the station's Unity module. The installation concluded at 8:39 a.m. EDT.

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"This is our fourth successful trip to the space station in little over a year and the third time we will use Cygnus as a platform for conducting scientific experiments," said Frank Culbertson, Orbital ATK Space Systems Group President. "Once again, we are demonstrating to NASA the proven flexibility and reliability of the Cygnus spacecraft and the entire Orbital ATK team. It is truly fitting that a mission designed to provide needed supplies to astronauts while also promoting space exploration and scientific research be dedicated in honor of John Glenn, a pioneer of human spaceflight."

Cygnus arrived at the station with approximately 7,600 (3,450 kilograms) of cargo, including a NanoRacks cubesat deployer, food, clothing, crew supplies, spare parts, packaging materials, and laboratory equipment. The cargo delivery also included four powered, mid-deck lockers. Resembling freezers, these lockers received power after they were loaded onto the cargo module. Each locker carries critical science samples and experiments for the crew.

The crew is now scheduled to open Cygnus' hatch and make initial ingress into the cargo module to begin unloading the pressurized cargo. The S.S. John Glenn will remain berthed with the orbiting laboratory for three months before departing with close to 3,300 pounds (1,500 kilograms) of disposable cargo.

After Cygnus departs the space station, the spacecraft will again be used as a scientific platform, executing a series of secondary payload missions. Cygnus will carry the Saffire-III payload experiment to study the behavior of a large scale fire in microgravity. In addition, a NanoRacks deployer will release four cubesats used for weather monitoring and global ship tracking. For the final experiment, Cygnus will use three Reentry Data Collection Flight Recorders to provide crucial data about the extreme conditions a spacecraft encounters when reentering the Earth's atmosphere. This specific experiment will also test the performance of different heat shield materials that may be used on future U.S. space missions. Once these secondary payload missions are complete, Cygnus will conduct a safe, destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

Pending NASA's specific cargo needs, Orbital ATK is prepared to launch two additional CRS missions scheduled this year that will launch aboard the company's Antares rockets from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

B-roll and animation footage for the OA-7 mission can be found here: http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/bmc/#. Please note that media will be prompted to request a PIN for access.

About Orbital ATK

Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies.  The company designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both as a prime contractor and merchant supplier.  Its main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs approximately 12,500 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in several international locations.  For more information, visit www.orbitalatk.com.

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https://ria.ru/science/20170422/1492871207.html

Американский космический грузовик Cygnus пристыковался к МКС

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МОСКВА, 22 апр — РИА Новости. Космический грузовик Cygnus компании Orbital ATK осуществил стыковку с Международной космической станцией (МКС) в субботу, сообщило НАСА.
Грузовой корабль стартовал в полет к МКС во вторник с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (Флорида). Беспилотный космический аппарат вывела на заданную орбиту ракета-носитель Atlas V.
Стыковку грузовика с МКС осуществил командир экипажа астронавт НАСА Пегги Уитсон и борт-инженер астронавт ЕКА Тома Песке. Астронавты захватили грузовой корабль манипулятором Canadarm 2.
Cygnus привез на МКС более 3,6 тонны груза: провиант, предметы первой необходимости, одежду, материалы для научных экспериментов, в том числе установку для выращивания на орбите свежих овощей.
Грузовой корабль будет оставаться на орбите около трех месяцев, его отбытие планируется на июль. Он покинет станцию с отработанными материалами, и перед тем как сгореть в верхних слоях атмосферы, с него будут запущены 34 малых спутника и проведен эксперимент по изучению поведения огня на борту космического корабля.

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zandr пишет:
https://ria.ru/science/20170422/1492871207.html

 
Грузовой корабль будет оставаться на орбите около трех месяцев, его отбытие планируется на июль. Он покинет станцию с отработанными материалами, и перед тем как сгореть в верхних слоях атмосферы, с него будут запущены 34 малых спутника и проведен эксперимент по изучению поведения огня на борту космического корабля .

Не понял насчет малых спутников. Их будут запускать после отстыковки с борта корабля, или с МКС, с японского сегмента, как обычно? И сколько их там: 28 (как сообщалось) или 34?

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Leroy пишет:
Не понял насчет малых спутников. Их будут запускать после отстыковки с борта корабля, или с МКС, с японского сегмента, как обычно? И сколько их там: 28 (как сообщалось) или 34?

Привезли 38, на МКС выгрузят 34, после отстыковки от станции с борта Лебедя запустят оставшиеся 4:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/12/cygnus-freighter-to-make-science-enabling-delivery-to-the-space-station/
Секция "** Cubesats **"

There are 38 cubesats being launched aboard this Cygnus, 34 that will be transferred over to the space station for eventual deployments from the Japanese Kibo module's airlock and four that are mounted externally to the cargo ship. After Cygnus departs the station in July, it will climb to a higher altitude, around 310 miles, and eject them into space.

Ну, или здесь.

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Большое спасибо!