Special Delivery! After launching early Monday morning, Orbital ATK's (Orbital_ATK) Cygnus cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this morning. The spacecraft was successfully captured using the station’s robotic arm, seen here in a photo shared by Astronaut Ricky Arnold (Astro_Ricky). Following capture, robotic ground controllers positioned and installed Cygnus to the orbiting laboratory’s Earth-facing port of the Unity module. The spacecraft delivers supplies and scientific investigations including those that will study microbiology, physics, materials science, plant biology, liquid separation and more. Cygnus will spend about seven weeks attached to the space station before departing in July. After it leaves the station, the uncrewed spacecraft will deploy several CubeSats before its fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere as it disposes of several tons of trash. Image credit: NASA/Astro_Ricky #nasa #orbitalatk #earth #international #space #station #cargo #cyg...