The American cargo ship Cygnus undocked Monday from the International space station (ISS). Stream is on the website of the National office for Aeronautics and space research (NASA).
The withdrawal of the ship from the orbital station was performed by means of the manipulator Canadarm 2. The operation was completed at 12:09 on the East coast of the USA (19:09 MSK). Her remotely operated experts from space flight Center Johnson in Houston (state of Texas). NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy monitors the Cygnus departure from the ISS.
According to NASA, it is expected that within approximately 24 hours after undocking aboard the Cygnus for an experiment. As part of it specialists of the US space Agency intends to find out how the microgravity environment affects the burning process. In addition, Cygnus is scheduled to launch several micro-satellites CubeSat. NASA said that the ship had to leave the shaved and burn in the atmosphere 29 or 30 may.
Cygnus docked to the orbital complex in February. On Board the ISS took about 3 400 kg of cargo, including equipment for conducting experiments.
