The private space cargo ship "Cygnus" decoupled from the ISS "kleinezeitung.at



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After about two months the use in the continuous space

17:06, 15 July 2018

Carrier " Cygnus " © ​​APA / AFP / NASA / HANDOUT

After about two months at the International Space Station, the private space cargo ship " Cygnus " is leaving the ISS again . The German astronaut Alexander Gerst and his American colleague Serena Aunon-Chancellor used the robot arm of the ISS to uncouple the cargo ship on Sunday as the agency American Space NASA

"Cygnus" will now stay two weeks in space, expose several satellites and eventually burn at the end of July with hundreds of kilograms of garbage on board that enter the Earth's atmosphere. The freighter had flown aboard the ISS in May

It had about 3,400 kilos of supplies and scientific experiments – including interactions in the Earth's magnetic field, global radiocommunications and creating the coldest point in the universe. [ad_2]
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