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Launch of Orbital ATK Antares From NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

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May 21, 2018
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Antares rocket streaks upward through clouds
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The International Space Station-bound Cygnus is loaded with about 7,400 pounds of supplies and payloads.

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The International Space Station-bound Cygnus is loaded with about 7,400 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station’s Expeditions 55 and 56.

Image Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Allison Stancil