Crew members of Expedition 37 attached Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft onto the Harmony node of the International Space Station ahead of schedule Sunday morning at 8:44 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft is delivering about 1,300 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, including student experiments, food and clothing. Future Cygnus flights will ensure a robust national capability to deliver critical science research to orbit, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new science investigations to the only laboratory in microgravity. The crew will open the hatch to the spacecraft Monday to begin unloading cargo.
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