A transporter carrying the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized module exits the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its move to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo on the next resupply flight to the International Space Station. The Cygnus module is undergoing prelaunch processing at Kennedy before launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket schedule for December 3 from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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NASA/Dan Casper
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A transporter carrying the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized module exits the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its move to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo on the next resupply flight to the International Space Station. The Cygnus module is undergoing prelaunch processing at Kennedy before launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket schedule for December 3 from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.