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Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around Cygnus

Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around CYGNUS.
In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is secured the KAMAG transporter and the crane has been removed.

In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is secured the KAMAG transporter and the crane has been removed. Technicians secure the protective covering around Cygnus. The module will be transported to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Orbital ATK CRS-7 commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 19, 2017. Cygnus will deliver thousands of pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials to the space station.

Photo credit: NASA/Bill White