Launch Day for Antares, CRS-3

Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft are scheduled to launch today, Oct. 27, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Liftoff of the CRS-3 mission is scheduled for no earlier than 6:45 p.m. EDT.

Antares rocket
Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, the morning of Oct. 27. Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
A view of the Cygnus spacecraft (enclosed in its fairing) atop the Antares rocket on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 26. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
A view of the Cygnus spacecraft (enclosed in its fairing) atop the Antares rocket on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 26. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

This is the third commercial resupply flight by a Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first night launch of an Antares rocket. Cygnus will transport some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the orbiting laboratory.

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› More launch information and TV coverage details
› NASA’s Orbital website
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