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Inside the high bay in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians use a crane to remove the protective covering from the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized module. The module will be removed from atop its transporter and placed into a work stand to begin preparations for propellant loading. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo on the next resupply flight to the International Space Station. Cygnus is undergoing prelaunch processing at Kennedy before launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket scheduled for December 3 from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.