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

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Antares Soars, 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 Launches Orbital Sciences' 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 Lifts 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 Rocket Lifts Off from Wallops Flight Facility

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 Lifts Off with 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.]

Launch of Antares: 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 Soars with 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.]

Orbital-1 Mission Antares Launch

NASA/Bill Ingalls

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 Lifts 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 Fires Up, Jan. 9, 2014

NASA TV

Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket roars to life on Jan. 9, 2014, kicking off a mission to send the company's Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station. [See full story.]

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Space.com Staff
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