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Antares launch timeline on the OA-9 cargo mission
Orbital ATK's Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Monday to begin a three-day pursuit of the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Three days after launching from the Virginia coastline, an Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship completed its final approach to the International Space Station on Thursday with more than 7,000 pounds of cargo and experiments. The automated freighter was captured by the station's robotic arm at 5:26 a.m. EDT (0926 GMT).
Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station
Orbital ATK readied an upgraded Antares rocket for launch Monday from Wallops Island, Va., to deliver more than 3 tons of crew supplies, science gear, spare parts and three small satellites to the International Space Station to test miniaturized, low-cost technologies for Earth observation applications.
Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore
A 139-foot-tall Antares rocket is slated for a predawn launch Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore, carrying a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station.
Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to Monday
Orbital ATK transferred an Antares rocket and Cygnus supply ship to their launch pad on Virginia's Eastern Shore late Thursday for a liftoff now targeted for Monday with nearly 7,400 pounds of cargo heading for the International Space Station.
Cygnus arrives at space station with food, experiments and cache of CubeSats
A commercial cargo craft owned and operated by Orbital ATK wrapped up a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Tuesday, delivering ice cream and pizza for the lab’s six-person crew and hardware for a slew of research experiments, including CubeSats slated for orbital deployments in the coming weeks.
Space station cargo shipment blasts off aboard Antares rocket
An Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship packed with 3.7 tons of cargo, supplies and experiments rode an Antares rocket into orbit from Virginia's Eastern Shore on Sunday, setting course on a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.
Antares launch to resupply space station halted by wayward airplane
Managers aborted liftoff of a commercial Antares cargo launcher Saturday when an aircraft strayed into restricted airspace near the rocket's planned flight path east from Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Antares rocket’s launch timeline on the OA-8 cargo mission
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver the commercial Cygnus supply ship to an orbit with an altitude between 117 miles (189 kilometers) and 184 miles (296 kilometers) within about nine minutes of liftoff Saturday from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Photos: Antares rocket stands atop Virginia launch pad
Orbital ATK's seventh Antares rocket stands ready for launch with a Cygnus supply ship Saturday on a two-day flight to the International Space Station.