Releasing Cygnus (timelapse)

Timelapse showing the Orbital Science's Cygnus Orb-2 spacecraft departing from the International Space Station on 15 August 2014.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst set up a camera to shoot a series of photographs whilst he and his Expedition 40 colleague NASA's Reid Wiseman operated the Station's robotic arm to manoeuvre the visiting cargo spacecraft into position for release.

A couple of days later, Cygnus Orb-2 burnt up in Earth's atmosphere during a destructive reentry.