ISS040-E-069105 (16 July 2014) --- Operated by an Expedition 40 crew member inside the station?s Cupola, the Canadarm2 moves toward the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft as it approaches the International Space Station. The two spacecraft converged at 6:36 a.m. (EDT) on July 16, 2014.

ISS040-E-069192 (16 July 2014) --- Intersecting the thin line of Earth’s atmosphere during an orbital sunrise, the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo craft attached to the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm is berthed to the nadir port of the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

Control boards pictured in the International Space Stations Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo craft.

ISS040-E-067869 (16 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, are pictured in the International Space Station?s Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.

ISS040-E-067864 (16 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, are pictured in the International Space Station?s Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo craft.

ISS040-E-095229 (15 Aug. 2014) --- The International Space Station's Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences Corporation's commercial cargo craft after a month visiting the orbital outpost. European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation in the Cupola removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it at 6:40 a.m. (EDT) Aug. 15, 2014. Much of lower the continent of Africa provides the panoramic background for the scene with Botswana's Okavango Delta being the most conspicuous feature at left center.

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, are pictured in the International Space Station's Cupola during rendezvous and capture operations of the Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo craft.