If anyone else heads to the International Space Station , they ’re go to require to circle until Friday look for a parking time slot .
The post is at full capacity after the successfulfully - automated arrival of ATV-5 . Now five spacecraft are presently bob to the station : ATV-5,Soyuz 38(TMA-12M),Soyuz 39(TMA-13M),Orbital Cygnus , and Progress 56 .
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ATV-5 arrived at 9:30 am EDT on Tuesday , filling the last vacant situation .
The Soyuz capsules are loitering around to bring their respective spaceman crews back to Earth at the end of their mission , and to bring home the bacon a chip of extra living blank in the meantime . The other cargo bearer are serve as storage pods , and once they ’re offload , garbage disposition units . Cygnus will pull up stakes on Friday morning , headed out for a destructive re - entry in its last charge as a drivel incinerator for the space post .
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