There is talk of a test flight to the ISS, using its Cygnus spacecraft, sometime next year.

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Herschel will be remembered as the telescope that produced great vistas of gas and dust, as here in the constellation of Cygnus.

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One such is August Capital, which has a stake in Cygnus Solutions, the oldest open-source company and a supplier of development tools.

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The Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) will shortly test its new Antares rocket before undertaking its own ISS demonstration with a robotic vessel called Cygnus.

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On Wednesday, Dr. Welsh and his colleagues announced that they have confirmed the existence of two more worlds in distinctive double-star solar systems in the constellation Cygnus.

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On Wednesday, Dr. Welsh and his colleagues announced that they have confirmed the existence of two more alien planets in distinctive double-star solar systems in the constellation Cygnus.

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Called Cygnus X-1, it is about 6, 100 light years away.

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At this point, the only color you see are the occasional yellow footprints the swan has left behind useful for tracking the crafty Cygnus plus the occasional yellow letter suspended seemingly in mid-air.

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Nasa too will want to review the flight data before deciding whether to release more seed funding to Orbital, and to clear the company for a Cygnus freighter demonstration mission to the ISS. All being well, this next demonstration could occur in late June or early July.

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