The spacecraft Cygnus disconnected from the ISS, then it worsens in the atmosphere

Washington, July 15 (TASR) – The US Cygnus CRS OA-9E spacecraft is disconnected from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. This happened almost two months after she imported supplies and scientific equipment for her six-member crew on this orbital basis, reported Space.com.

The disconnection occurred at 2:37 pm CEST. With an 18 meter Canadarm2 robotic arm, internally controlled by the ISS, Alexander Gerst and Serena Auonon-Chancellor helped astronauts from the European Space Agency (ESA)

Cygnus will remain in a low orbit around of the Earth for six weeks, launching six nanosatellites, also called cubesats. Subsequently, he begins to descend into the Earth's atmosphere and to ruin the Pacific Ocean. The US spacecraft Cygnus made a maneuver Tuesday night to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). NASA

This week the ship Cygnus, developed by private company Orbital ATK, corrected the orbit of the ISS when it pulled its main engine for 50 seconds and increased it from about 90 meters. According to NASA, it was a short test that was successful, so it could be reused and expanded in the future