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U.S. resupply ship released from ISS

Orbital Sciences's Cygnus cargo craft was detached and released from the International Space Station Feb. 18, more than a month after delivering a ton of supplies and experiments to the Expedition 38 crew. Cygnus will be commanded by Orbital Sciences's flight controllers to fire its engines on Feb. 19, which will send it into a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

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