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Rocket Launch Lights up Mid Atlantic Sky

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Our mascot appeared in front of Launch Pad 0A this week, just days ahead of today's successful launch of the Antares rocket that sits on the pad in the background. Image: Weatherboy
Our mascot appeared in front of Launch Pad 0A this week, just days ahead of today’s successful launch of the Antares rocket that sits on the pad in the background. Image: Weatherboy




Northrup Grumman lit up the night sky over the Mid Atlantic early Saturday morning, sending their Antares rocket to space. The 139.4 feet tall Antares lifted the 15,653 pound Cygnus cargo craft into space, bringing more than 7,300 pounds of supplies and science to waiting crews on the International Space Station. The launch lit up the skies around Launch Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia Atlantic coast during a 4:01am lift-off.

The launch happened without a hitch. The rocket successfully placed Cygnus in a position to rendezvous with the International Space Station early Monday morning.