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Thales Alenia Space’s Cygnus PCM shipped to United States

Submit on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 22:55

Thales Alenia Space has shipped its first Pressurised Cargo Module, designed to transport cargo to the International Space Station, to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The PCM, developed on behalf of Cygnus prime contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation, was carried by an Antonov An-24 cargo plane.
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