{"id":4715,"date":"2013-09-29T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T11:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2013-09-30T20:39:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:39:19","slug":"orbital-sciences-cygnus-cargo-module-capture-with-iss-robotic-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4715","title":{"rendered":"Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo module captured with ISS robotic arm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Congratulations to Orbital Sciences and NASA<\/strong><\/em> on the successful capture of the Cygnus module by the robotic arm under the control of US astronaut Karen Nyberg and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano.<\/p>\n<p>The module will be slowly brought up to the Harmony module for berthing around 9:00 am EDT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=4716\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,321\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CygnusCaptured_450x321\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4716\" alt=\"CygnusCaptured_450x321\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CygnusCaptured_450x321-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update Sept.30.13<\/strong>: Here is a NASA video of highlights of the capture and berthing:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bn3z0MBEUd4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*******************<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a busy day for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/NewSpace\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">NewSpace<\/a>. At noon today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a> is scheduled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\/\" target=\"_blank\">to launch<\/a> its upgraded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon9\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon 9 v1.1<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspacewatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NewSpace Watch<\/a><\/strong>, for which I am the managing editor, reports daily on exciting developments in commercial spaceflight like the Cygnus mission and Falcon 9 launch. Costs are dropping and capabilities are rising with the innovations by companies such as these that are pursuing innovative ways to reach and develop space. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspacewatch.com\/sign-up.php\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> for just $4.95 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Orbital Sciences and NASA on the successful capture of the Cygnus module by the robotic arm under the control of US astronaut Karen Nyberg and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano. The module will be slowly brought up to the Harmony module for berthing around 9:00 am EDT. [ Update Sept.30.13: Here is a NASA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4715\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo module captured with ISS robotic arm<\/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-4715","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-1e3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16070,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16070","url_meta":{"origin":4715,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrives at the ISS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft\u00a0launched on Monday made its scheduled rendezvous with the International Space Station this morning. 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