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           Capsule Full of Space Station Junk Set to Burn Over Earth

   by Associated Press

   It's trash day for the International Space Station.

   A large Cygnus cargo ship filled with Space Station trash that was
   released from the station last week is set to re-enter the Earth's
   atmosphere and disintegrate Wednesday morning.

   [1]NASA conducted an experiment aboard a doomed freighter last week.
   After the ship safely left the station, NASA says a large fire was
   intentionally set aboard the vessel. The space agency says scientists
   are looking to explore how fire behaves in microgravity in an effort to
   design safer spacecraft.

   Space contractor Orbital ATK plans to send another Cygnus craft to the
   Space Station on a resupply mission next month.

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References

   1. http://www.nasa.gov/
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