Countdown is proceeding toward a 4:01 a.m. EST launch window for Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Live coverage of the mission is now airing on Wallops video and audio Ustream sites. Launch coverage and commentary on NASA TV and streaming online at nasa.gov/live will begin at 3:30 a.m. EST.
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Antares is carrying Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft for the company’s 10th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the space station. Cygnus will carry about 7,400 pounds of crew supplies and hardware to the station, including science and research in support of dozens of research investigations.