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Atlas/Cygnus pre-launch news conference

March 21, 2016 Spaceflight Now

Watch the pre-launch news conference held Monday, March 21 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to preview liftoff of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus cargo ship aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the International Space Station.

See earlier Cygnus OA-6 coverage.

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