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Cygnus cargo ship attached to space station after smooth rendezvous
Along with crew supplies, spare parts and science gear, the Cygnus cargo ship brought ice cream and other treats to the lab's crew.
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Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. He covered 129 space shuttle missions, every interplanetary flight since Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune and scores of commercial and military launches. Based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Harwood is a devoted amateur astronomer and co-author of "Comm Check: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia."
Along with crew supplies, spare parts and science gear, the Cygnus cargo ship brought ice cream and other treats to the lab's crew.
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