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Orbital-1 Mission Antares Launch

An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Thursday, January 9, 2014, Wallops Island, VA. Antares is carrying the Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Orbital-1 mission is Orbital Sciences' first contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Cygnus was carrying science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and other hardware to the space station.

 

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Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Number: 201401090006HQ

Date: January 9, 2014

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