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Watch LIVE- private business Orbital Science’s Cygnus spacecraft ventures to Space Station

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The Cygnus orbital spaceship and booster in transit. image: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus orbital spaceship and booster in transit. image: Orbital Sciences Corp.


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Synopsis- A privately-owned spaceship built by Orbital Sciences Corp. made an Earth-rattling trip into orbit from Virginia on Wednesday, September 25th starting a four-day chase of the International Space Station to close out a nearly $700 million NASA program to foster a fleet of commercial spaceships to replace capabilities lost with the space shuttle’s retirement. Today (Sept 29th)  is the end of the chase and culminates in a docking via Canadian Robotic arm capture with the ISS International Space Station.  Read the full story from our friends at Spaceflight Now