Orbital's Cygnus freighter reaches International Space Station

Thanks for submitting this - given the nigh-eclipsing popularity of SpaceX on social networks I hadn't heard about this recent launch or Orbital's recent activity at all.

It's interesting how many unmanned resupply crafts there are for the ISS now. Russian Progress, European ATV, Japanese HTV and the Dragon. Now what is really needed is something manned to complement the Soyuz. SpaceX is aiming for it at least.

I'm not an expert in the field, but I think one advantage SpaceX has over Orbital is that its capsule is reusable.

Real life becomes more and more like the SciFi movies I grew up with.<p>Off to watch &quot;2001: A Space Odyssey&quot;