An
Orbital Science Corporation Antares rocket is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 16,
2013 as it is rolled out to launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight
Facility in Wallops Island, VA. The Antares is scheduled to launch a
Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space
Station on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 9:19 p.m. EST. . The Orbital-1 mission is
Orbital Sciences' first contracted cargo delivery flight to the space
station for NASA. Among the cargo aboard Cygnus set to launch to the
space station are science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and
other hardware. . Weather permitting, it may be widely visible along the east coast of the United States. . > Map of Orbital-1 Launch Viewing
. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls