The
Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft
onboard, is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) to
begin the approximately half-mile journey to launch Pad-0A, Thursday,
July 10, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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The
Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000
pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including
science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew
provisions.
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The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted
cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA.
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Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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