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The Pic of the Day: The business end of a rocket

An Orbital ATK rocket rolls out to Launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on May 17, 2018, in advance of a May 21 launch from Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo delivery […]

An Orbital ATK rocket rolls out to Launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on May 17, 2018, in advance of a May 21 launch from Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Among the 7,400 pounds of cargo onboard Cygnus are science experiments, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware. The launch is scheduled for 5:04 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 21.

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Image courtesy of NASA

See an Orbital ATK rocket launch in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZ28hyGvK0

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