A computer mishap has forced NASA and the Orbital Sciences corporation to delay the planned arrival of the brand new cargo ship at the International Space Station (ISS) for 48 hours. “Following the discovery of a data format discrepancy between an on-board ISS navigation system and a similar system on Cygnus at around 1:30 a.m. this morning, today's rendezvous with the station was postponed,” the corporation reports on its website.
A software update has already been developed and is currently being tested. After it is uploaded to Cygnus, a second rendezvous attempt will be made. The ship “remains healthy, with all major subsystems operating as expected,” the company says. On Wednesday, the Cygnus capsule, packed with food and clothes for the ISS crew, blasted off from Virginia for a test flight and had been scheduled to reach the station on Sunday.
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