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Cygnus approach and capture
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ISS040-E-069168 (16 July 2014) --- As photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member inside the International Space Station?s Cupola, Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo vehicle and the orbital outpost move toward each other at 223 nautical miles above the home planet. The two converged at 6:36 a.m. (EDT) on July 16, 2014. Parts of western Europe are visible in the background. A small part of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or Canadarm2 can be seen as it waits to grapple Cygnus.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCygnus approach and capture. NASA/JSC, 2014-07-16. Public domain. ID: iss040e069168.
