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  • Cygnus spacecraft's arrival at space station delayed by incoming crew

    09/24/2013 2:30:17 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 5 replies
    NBC ^ | Sep. 23, 2013 at 1:07 PM ET | Miriam Kramer, Space.com
    "This new schedule will allow the Orbital operations team to carefully plan and be well-rested before restarting the critical final approach to the space station," Frank Culbertson, Orbital's executive vice president and general manager of its advanced programs group, said in a statement. "Meanwhile, Cygnus has all the resources needed to remain in orbit for an extended period of time." Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft team has now tested software to fix the software glitch that prevented the attempted rendezvous with the space station on Sunday. Because of extra time needed for that troubleshooting, as well as the impending Soyuz launch and...