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Cygnus Spacecraft Captured at ISS
Credit: NASA TV
The first Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus spacecraft is captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm on Sept. 29, 2013 during a major test flight of the unmanned commercial space cargo ship. [
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Orbital Sciences Cygnus and ISS: Closeup
Credit: NASA TV
This close-up shows the first Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corp. attached to the end of the robotic arm on the International Space Station after the two spacecraft met at 7 a.m. ET on Sept. 29, 2013. [
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Orbital Sciences Cygnus Spacecraft Near ISS
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences' first Cygnus spacecraft to visit the International Space Station hovers near the station in this still from a NASA TV broadcast during the cargo ship's first rendezvous with the orbiting lab on Sept. 29, 2013. [
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1st Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences' first Cygnus spacecraft to visit the International Space Station hovers near the station in this still from a NASA TV broadcast during the cargo ship's first rendezvous with the orbiting lab on Sept. 29, 2013. [
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Cygnus Near Space Station: Computer View
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences' first Cygnus spacecraft to visit the International Space Station is seen in a computer view used by station astronauts during the cargo ship's first rendezvous with the station on Sept. 29, 2013. [
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Antares-Cygnus Launch, Sept. 18, 2013
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket lifts off with the company's first Cygnus space station resupply ship from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Antares Rocket Soars in Clear Blue Sky
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen blazing into the sky as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
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Antares Rocket Launch Exhaust Plume
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The exhaust plume from Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen moments after liftoff from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
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Smoke Ring Follows Receding Antares Rocket After Launch
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
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Crowd Watches Antares Rocket Launch
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Guests watch the launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
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Antares Cygnus Cargo Resupply
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. The spacecraft will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew.
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Antares Cygnus Cargo Resupply
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. A humorous road sign stands in the foreground.
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Antares Cygnus Cargo Resupply
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station.
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Orbital Sciences' Antares-Cygnus Launch
Credit: Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket launches carrying the Cygnus space station cargo ship from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Antares Cygnus Cargo Resupply Launch in Infrared
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, is seen in this false color infrared image, as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station.
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Antares Rocket Clears the Tower
Credit: Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013. Here the Antares rocket just clears the tower on its way to the International Space Station.
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Antares Lift-Off
Credit: Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Cygnus Spacecraft Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo vessel aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Cygnus Capsule Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Cygnus Capsule Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Antares Rocket Launch View of Ground
Credit: NASA TV
A view of the ground from Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket, launching the Cygnus cargo capsule from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Cygnus Capsule Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket streaks through the sky after launch from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Antares Rocket First Stage Separation
Credit: NASA TV
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013. Here, the first stage separates and falls back to Earth.
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Antares Rocket About to Launch
Credit: NASA TV
A Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket awaits launch from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
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Visibility Map for Cygnus/Antares Launch on Sept. 18, 2013
Credit: NASA
Orbital Sciences Corp.'s cargo resupply demonstration mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch at 10:50 a.m. EDT on Sept. 18 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The liftoff could be visible from wide swaths of the U.S. East Coast. [Read the
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Antares-Cygnus Launch: The View from Richmond
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the maiden launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft on Sept. 18, 2013 will look to observers in Richmond, VA. [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: Looking from the Capitol Steps
Credit: Orbital Sciences
What the maiden launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, which is blasting toward the International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 18, 2013, will look like from the Capitol in Washington, DC. [Read the
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Seeing the Antares-Cygnus Launch from New York City
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the Sept. 18, 2013 launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station will look from the Top of the Rock in New York City. [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from Atlantic City
Credit: Orbital Sciences
Here's how the first flight of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, which is launching toward the International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 18, 2013, will look from Atlantic City, NJ. [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the Sept. 18, 2013 launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station will look from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (Cygnus is blasting off atop an Antares rocket from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.) [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from the Lincoln Memorial
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the Sept. 18, 2013, launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station will look from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. (Cygnus is blasting off atop an Antares rocket from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.) [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from Udvar-Hazy Center Observation Tower
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the Sept. 18, 2013, launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station will look from the Udvar-Hazy Center Observation Tower in Chantilly, VA. (Cygnus is blasting off atop an Antares rocket from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.) [Read the
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Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from Annapolis, MD
Credit: Orbital Sciences
How the Sept. 18, 2013, launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station will look from Annapolis, MD. (Cygnus is blasting off atop an Antares rocket from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.) [Read the
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Antares on Spaceport Pad
Credit: NASA/Patrick Black
Orbital Sciences Corp. rolled out its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 13, 2013. Antares is scheduled to launch Cygnus on its maiden flight to the International Space Station on Sept. 18.
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Antares and Cygnus at Launch Pad
Credit: NASA/Brea Reeves
Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft headed to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
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Antares Rolls Out to Spaceport Pad
Credit: NASA
Antares rocket and Cygnus Spacecraft made their way to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.
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Antares Rocket Rollout
Credit: NASA
Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., rolled out its Antares rocket and Cygnus Spacecraft to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The Antares is scheduled to launch Cygnus at 11:16 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 17 on a demonstration cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Antares ‘On-Ramp’
Credit: NASA
Antares rocket appears ‘On-Ramp’ at Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
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Antares Rocket Rolls Out
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
Orbital Sciences Corp. tweeted this photo of the Antares rocket rolling out to the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 12, 2013.
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Antares Vehicle Configuration
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA
The design of the Antares A-ONE rocket. Liftoff for the rocket is scheduled for April 17, 2013. Image released April 11, 2013.
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Artist's Rendition of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft
Credit: Orbital Sciences
Artist's rendition of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo spacecraft in orbit, on its way to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Milestones
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA
A chart detailing the milestones achieved by Orbital Sciences. The company plans to launch at least eight Antares rockets from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, nicknamed MARS, to deliver tons of cargo to the International Space Station under a $1.9 billion deal with NASA set in 2008. Image released April 11, 2013.
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Orbital Space Act Agreement
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA
Highlights of the agreement between NASA and the Orbital Science Corporation. Image released April 11, 2013.
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Cygnus Encapsulated in Antares Fairing #1
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus capsule was encapsulated in the Antares fairing on Sept. 9, 2013, at the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia.
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Cygnus Encapsulated in Antares Fairing #2
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus capsule was encapsulated in the Antares fairing on Sept. 9, 2013, at the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia.
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Cygnus Encapsulated in Antares Fairing #3
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus capsule was encapsulated in the Antares fairing on Sept. 9, 2013, at the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia.
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Cygnus Encapsulated in Antares Fairing #4
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus capsule was encapsulated in the Antares fairing on Sept. 9, 2013, at the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia.
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Final Cargo Loaded Aboard Cygnus
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The final cargo bound for the International Space Station was loaded into Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, then technicians closed the hatch and performed final close-outs to the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) in September 2013.
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Antares Mission Vehicle Configuration
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA
The Antares rocket stands about 131 feet (40 meters) tall and is designed to launch payloads of more than 11,000 pounds (5,000 kilograms) into low-Earth orbit. It will make its initial launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. Image released March 2013.
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Cygnus Late Cargo Loading #2
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The final cargo bound for the International Space Station was loaded into Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, then technicians closed the hatch and performed final close-outs to the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) in September 2013.
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Cygnus Hatch Closeout
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The final cargo bound for the International Space Station was loaded into Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, then technicians closed the hatch and performed final close-outs to the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) in September 2013.
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Cygnus Mated to Antares #2
Credit: Dan Wiles/Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to launch cargo to the International Space Station on September 17, 2013, has been mated to its Antares launch vehicle, in the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) on Wallops Island, VA, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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Cygnus Mated to Antares #1
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.
The Cygnus spacecraft scheduled to launch cargo to the International Space Station on September 17, 2013, has been mated to its Antares launch vehicle, in the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) on Wallops Island, VA, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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Humorous Road Signs at Wallops Flight Facility
Credit: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (via Facebook)
NASA'S Wallops Flight Facility posted this image on Facebook, August 8, 2013. They wrote: "Awesome new sign on Wallops Island. Two missions in September: to the moon with LADEE from Launch Pad 0B and to the International Space Station with Antares from Launch Pad 0A."
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Antares Rocket and Cygnus Capsule Infographic
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist
This SPACE.com infographic explains Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket and Cygnus capsule.
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A-ONE Mission Overview
Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation / NASA
Orbital Sciences picked Antares as the new moniker for its Taurus 2 rocket, a new medium-class booster initially slated to launch the firm's unmanned Cygnus spacecraft on space station cargo flights for NASA. Image released March 2013.
