In case you missed it - Cygnus launches toward the Space Station

Relive this morning's launch of the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. Antares launched at 4:44am EDT from Wallops Island, Virginia carrying 7,385lbs (3,350kg) of supplies into orbit around the Earth. Cygnus is named after J.R. Thompson, a leader in the aerospace industry, and is expected to arrive at the Space Station on May 24th.

Cygnus is being launched under a Commercial Resupply Service contract with NASA to send supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

#Cygnus #OrbitalATK #NASA #Antares