Cygnus Cargo Carrier Breaking Up on Re-entry
One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this image of the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo carrier spacecraft breaking up in Earth's atmosphere after being released from the orbital outpost. The breakup started around 13:22 GMT on Aug. 17, 2014 and this photo was taken at 13:23:32 GMT. The Cygnus spacecraft is an unmanned resupply craft designed for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to transport supplies to the ISS following the retirement of the Space Shuttle.
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