Hatch Closed for Orbital ATK CRS-4

In the Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, engineers and technicians are preparing to close the hatch on the Orbital ATK CRS-4 spacecraft. Scheduled to launch Dec. 4, 2015, the enhanced Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,000 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials that improve life on Earth and drive progress toward future space exploration.

Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis