The International Space Station's Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Science Corporation's commercial cargo craft after a month visiting the orbital outpost. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation in the Cupola removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it. 15 August 2014. Much of South Africa provides the panoramic background for the scene, with the Cape of Good Hope in the lower right of the frame An Optimised version of an original NASA image / Credit: NASA

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