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Atlas 5/Cygnus post-launch press conference
Watch the post-launch press conference held at the Kennedy Space Center following the successful launch of an Atlas 5 carrying Orbital ATK's Cygnus AO-6 cargo craft, which is headed to the International Space Station.
2nd Cygnus ship in three months rockets to orbit aboard Atlas 5
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched another Cygnus cargo freighter for Orbital ATK Tuesday night, fulfilling the booster's role of reestablishing America's resupply link to the International Space Station.
Photos: Cygnus soars aboard Atlas 5
More photos show the successful liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft for Orbital ATK and the International Space Station.
Video: Atlas 5 rocket launches space station cargo mission
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Orbital ATK's commercial Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photos: More rocket rollout shots
Rollout of the Atlas 5 rocket from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Complex 41 occurred at 10 a.m. on Monday. Liftoff is planned for Tuesday night to deliver the Cygnus resupply ship into orbit en route to the International Space Station.
Atlas/Cygnus pre-launch news conference
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.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT) tonight to send Orbital ATK's commercial Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station. Follow the mission in our live journal.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket moves to pad with space station cargo ship
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges Monday from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship to the International Space Station.
Cygnus OA-6: What’s onboard?
Watch the briefing to learn what is aboard the Orbital ATK Cygnus OA-6 resupply freighter launching to the International Space Station on March 22 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-5 rocket.
VideoPreview: Cygnus to take flight Tuesday aboard Atlas 5 rocket
A hundred days after the last U.S. commercial resupply of the International Space Station by a Cygnus cargo ship launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket, the booster and freighter duo will do it again Tuesday.