Launch Photos: Orbital Sciences' 1st Cygnus Cargo Mission Blasts Off

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Antares Rocket Blasts Off, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket rises into the Virginia sky on Jan. 9, 2014, carrying the company's robotic Cygnus cargo vessel on its first contracted supply run to the International Space Station for NASA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Post-Launch, Jan. 9, 2014.

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An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Launch, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA TV

Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Shortly After Launch, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA TV

An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen shortly after launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Jan. 9, 2014. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Soars With Orb-1 Mission, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA/Bill Ingalls

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Takes Off, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA/Bill Ingalls

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Lift Off: Jan. 9, 2014

Orbital Sciences

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Blasts Off: Jan. 9, 2014

Orbital Sciences

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Launches Orb-1 Mission: Jan. 9, 2014

Orbital Sciences

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Rocket Blasts Off With Orbital-1, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA/Bill Ingalls

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

Antares Takes Off from Wallops Island: Jan. 9, 2014

Orbital Sciences

An Antares Rocket launches Orbital Sciences' Orb-1 mission carrying the Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2014, from Wallops Island, VA. [See full story.]

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