Tech Article 9/20

• Orbital Sciences Corp. sent its first cargo carrier to the International Space Center this week. This is the beginning of the space freight business.

• Liftoff was at 10:58 am at NASA's launch facility at Wallops Island, Virginia.

• Cygnus, the cargo carrier, will be at the space station until Sunday but it needs to do 3 days of testing in space before it gets to the space station.

• Cygnus carried 1500 pounds of cargo this first time but can actually carry more than 4000 pounds into orbit.

• The craft will be loaded with trash and cut loose to burn up on re entry into the atmosphere. http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/tech/innovation/space-cargo-launch/index.html