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Orbital, SpaceX Celebrate Successful Space Milestones

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

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Orbital Sciences [ORB] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Sunday celebrated successful milestones as Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft successfully berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) and SpaceX launched its upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket. Cygnus successfully berthed with the station Sunday around 7 a.m. EDT as part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration mission, according to a company statement. Cygnus successfully completed its rendezvous and approach maneuvers with the ISS and was grappled and…

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