Godspeed, S.S. John Glenn: Orbital ATK's OA-7 Cygnus Cargo Launch in Pictures

Orbital ATK Cygnus S.S. John Glenn Before Launch

The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft S.S. John Glenn is seen in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its planned March 24 launch to the International Space Station.

OA-7 Rollout to Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility

Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft, covered in a protective shroud, arrives at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 23.

OA-7 Covering Up

In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is used to lower a protective covering around the Cygnus pressurized cargo module on Feb. 21.

OA-7 Preparations

Tehcnicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida load supplies and scientific research materials onto the Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized cargo module for the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission to the International Space Station.

Keeping Careful Watch

Inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41 United Launch Alliance technicians oversee the process of connecting the payload fairing with the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo module to the upper or second stage of the Centaur Atlas V rocket.

Supplies for the ISS

A launch is in the works as this payload fairing with the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module inside rises by crane to be mated with the ULA Atlas V rocket at the ULA Vertical Integration Facility's Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. The module contains 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials headed for the International Space Station.

Packaged and Ready

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida, the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module rides atop a KAMAG transporter. The payload fairing approaches the ULA Horizontal Integration Facility and will be lifted and mated to the ULA Atlas V rocket for the resupply services mission to the ISS. The Orbital ATK CRS-7 commercial resupply service mission will carry 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials.

Honoring an Icon

The Cygnus cargo module has been renamed the S.S. John Glenn in honor of the late former astronaut. Inside the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module a banner of John Glenn is displayed to greet Expedition 50. The module will launch for the International Space Station atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. The Orbital ATK CRS-7 commercial resupply services mission will take 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials to the space station.

Teamwork

Technicians prep payloads for final placement inside the cargo module inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. The Orbital ATK CRS-7 commercial resupply services mission will carry 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials to the space station. Launch will be from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41 atop a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Load 'Em Up

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, ULA technicians load late cargo into the Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module. The International Space Station is expecting the Orbital ATK CRS-7 commercial resupply services mission to bring 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials.