Watch It Burn

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Watch It Burn

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Mar 6, 2017

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A Cygnus supply ship, filled with rubbish, was maneuvered a safe distance from the International Space Station where it had been docked for almost a month. Then it was ignited and NASA cameras watched it burn.

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Mar 6, 2017

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