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Inside the high bay in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module, in its protective covering, is being lifted by crane for the move to a transporter. The cargo module will be moved to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for additional processing. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo on the next resupply flight to the International Space Station. The Cygnus module is undergoing prelaunch processing at Kennedy before launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket scheduled for December 3 from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.