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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is pictured approaching the International Space Station as both spacecraft orbited 265 miles above the Great Australian Bight just off the coast of Western Australia. This is Northrop Grumman’s 17th contracted resupply mission under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.