{"id":4709,"date":"2013-09-29T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T10:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2013-09-29T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T11:36:58","slug":"orbital-sciences-cygnus-cargo-ship-approaching-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4709","title":{"rendered":"Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship approaching the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\" target=\"_d\">Orbital Sciences<\/a> Cygnus cargo ship on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/ustream_media.html\" target=\"_blank\">NASA TV<\/a> as it approaches the International Space Station for the first time:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px none transparent;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/embed\/10414700?v=3&amp;wmode=direct\" height=\"313\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Live streaming video by Ustream<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Get updates on the approach to the berthing at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Cygnus&amp;src=hash\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ Search &#8211; #Cygnus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>: Background information on this commercial cargo demonstration mission can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\/NewsInfo\/MissionUpdates\/Orb-D1\/\" target=\"_d\">Orb-D1 COTS Demonstration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A successful berthing will mean that NASA now has two commercial providers of cargo for the ISS. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a> has previously carried out one demo and two operational cargo missions to the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>The entire program, including the development of two rockets (SpaceX <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon9\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon 9<\/a> and the Orbital Sciences <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\/SpaceLaunch\/Antares\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antares<\/a>) and two cargo carriers (SpaceX <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/dragon\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon capsule<\/a> and Orbital&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\/HumanSpaceExplorationSystems\/COTS\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cygnus module<\/a>) cost the agency around $900M. This is less than than 2\/3 the <a href=\"http:\/\/rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/space-shuttle-costs-1971-2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">cost of a single Space Shuttle mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship on NASA TV as it approaches the International Space Station for the first time: Live streaming video by Ustream Update: Get updates on the approach to the berthing at Twitter \/ Search &#8211; #Cygnus. Update 2: Background information on this commercial cargo demonstration mission can be found at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4709\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship approaching the ISS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-multiple-media","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1dX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4744,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4744","url_meta":{"origin":4709,"position":0},"title":"Cygnus cargo spacecraft modeled in LEGO","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Orbital Sciences Cygnus module berthed successfully to the International Space Station yesterday. 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