SPACE: Watch Live Sunday as Orbital Sciences’ Spacecraft Heads for the ISS (Again). “The Virginia company is one of two — along with SpaceX — with a contract to deliver cargo to the station now that NASA has retired the space shuttle. Sunday’s expected rendezvous will mark Cygnus’ second time approaching the station, and is a key milestone for Orbital. Engineers will perform the final demonstration maneuvers in a bid to show NASA it has the right stuff. Although Orbital lacks the mainstream recognition of SpaceX, which has already made two cargo deliveries to the station, it is a veteran of the industry and has been sending things into space since 1982.”