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Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

By Marcia Dunn
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Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station has one less capsule and a lot less trash.

A commercial cargo ship ended its five-week visit Tuesday morning. NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins used the space station’s big robot arm to release the capsule, called Cygnus, as the orbiting lab sailed 260 miles above the South Atlantic.

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