Cygnus Orbital-2 transport vehicle approach robot arm Canadarm-2
Cygnus Orbital-2 transport vehicle approach robot arm Canadarm-2
At 12:39 CEST on 16 July 2014, the Cygnus Orbital-2 transport vehicle approached the International Space Station (ISS), closing to a separation of just 12 metres. During that moment, astronaut Alexander Gerst and his colleague Steve Swanson were called on to capture the transporter and dock it with the Space Station. While Swanson operated the robot arm, Gerst's tasks included controlling its cameras.
