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Cygnus Departure
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ISS038-E-050755 (18 Feb. 2014) --- The Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus spacecraft begins its relative separation from the International Space Station after several weeks at the station. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, with assistance from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 38 flight engineers, used the station's 57-foot Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node at 5:15 a.m. (EST) on Feb. 18, 2014.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCygnus Departure. NASA/JSC, 2014-02-18. Public domain. ID: iss038e050755.