MIAMI: An unmanned cargo ship operated by Orbital ATK, a United States (US) company, left the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday – packed with 1.5 tonnes of garbage that will burn up on re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere.
“We have confirmed departure,” a NASA spokesman said on the US space agency’s live broadcast as the barrel-shaped spaceship was released from the orbiting outpost. The spacecraft and its contents will burn up on Sunday and there will be no live coverage of the fiery re-entry, he added.
Cygnus launched from Wallops Island, Virginia and arrived at the ISS on October 23 – carrying 5,100 pounds (2,300 kilogrammes) of food, supplies and science experiments for the team of global astronauts living in orbit. Orbital ATK and SpaceX have each been awarded NASA’s contracts – worth over $1 billion to supply the space station.
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