Orbital ATK Antares Rocket Successfully Launches From Wallops Flight Facility

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

The Orbital ATK Antares Rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Sunday, November 12, 2017 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s eighth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver approximately 7,400 pounds (3,400 kilograms) of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.