Watch Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft reach the ISS this morning
Run out of Daredevil episodes to binge but still can’t sleep? Take a peek live while the ISS captures its largest delivery ever, riding aboard an Orbital Cygnus spacecraft (like the one shown above during a delivery in December last year). NASA TV will kick off its livestream at 5:30AM ET., and the craft is scheduled to arrive at 6:40AM ET. The most exciting part, however, is still a couple of months off. Once Cygnus detaches from the ISS, engineers will remotely ignite the Spacecraft Fire-1 (Saffire-I) experiment, to find out how a large fire spreads in microgravity. It will be the first of a series of such experiments, and they will be the first ones conducted at this scale. Other experiments aboard include upgraded 3D-printing capabilities, the Gecko Gripper device, five CubeSats and much, much more.
Set your alarm! @OrbitalATK’s #Cygnus spacecraft arrives at @Space_Station at 6:40am ET: https://t.co/7eIsnNdF4y pic.twitter.com/rSciYxgDec
— NASA (@NASA) March 25, 2016
Source: NASA TV (YouTube), Space Station Blog
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