Cygnus Capsule Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
Antares Rocket Launch View of Ground
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.
Cygnus Capsule Launches Sept. 18, 2013
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket streaks through the sky after launch from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
Antares Rocket First Stage Separation
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.
Antares Rocket About to Launch
A Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket awaits launch from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on Sept. 18, 2013.
Visibility Map for Cygnus/Antares Launch on Sept. 18, 2013
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 full story.]
Antares-Cygnus Launch: The View from Richmond
How the maiden launch of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft on Sept. 18, 2013 will look to observers in Richmond, VA. [Read the full story.]
Cygnus-Antares Launch: Looking from the Capitol Steps
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 full story.]
Seeing the Antares-Cygnus Launch from New York City
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 full story.]
Cygnus-Antares Launch: The View from Atlantic City
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 full story.]