Here’s What It Looks Like When You Throw Out the Garbage in Space

A few days ago , the Cygnus space vehicle , which had ferried supplies to the space post , was filled with junk and released into infinite , later burning up in Earth ’s atmosphereduring a destructive reentry . The ESA has just posted video of the tone ending manoeuvre . aim out the trash has never looked so exciting .

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst set up a camera to shoot a serial of photographs while he and NASA ’s Reid Wiseman mesh the place ’s automatic limb to falsify the visiting cargo space vehicle into position for release . The figure , spliced together into this timelapse footage , is a fitting farewell for Cygnus before its modern - 24-hour interval , fiery Viking funeral .

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