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Atlas V Rocket Lifted at Launch Complex 41

Atlas V Rocket Lifted at Launch Complex 41
Atlas V Rocket Lifted at Launch Complex 41

A crane begins to raise a United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster outside the Space Launch Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Atlas V is slated to lift the Orbital ATK Enhanced Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. The Cygnus mission, OA-4, is to deliver more than 7,000 pounds of equipment, experiments and supplies to the residents of the International Space Station.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett