NASA Public Affairs Officer Kyle Herring talks with John Steinmeyer, senior project manager for the Launch Systems Group at Orbital Sciences Corporation, about the upcoming Cygnus demonstration mission. Orbital will launch its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The Cygnus will spend several days heading toward the International Space Station where it will perform a series of checkout maneuvers, ensuring it can safely enter the keep-out zone of the orbiting complex. After those tests have been passed, Cygnus will proceed for an attempted rendezvous with the space station and will be captured by the crew on board. The rendezvous is targeted for Sept. 22.
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