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News Conference Recaps Launch of Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to International Space Station

A press conference is held at Kennedy Space Center after launch of the Orbital ATK CRS-7 resupply mission to the space station.
NASA news conference recaps launch of Orbital ATK Cygnus module atop Atlas V rocket on resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Members of the news media attend a press conference at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after the launch of the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was Orbital ATK’s seventh commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 11:11 a.m. EDT. Speaking to the media are, from left, George Diller, NASA Kennedy Communications; Joel Montalbano, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston; Frank Culbertson, president, Orbital ATK Space Systems Group; and Vern Thorp, program manager, commercial missions, United Launch Alliance. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett