Antares Rocket for Northrop Grumman CRS-11 Rolls to Launch Pad

NASA’s commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station at 4:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 17.

Loaded with 7,500 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, this is Northrop Grumman’s 11th commercial resupply NASA-contracted mission. It will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

The team rolled the Antares rocket out from the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops the morning of April 15.

Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Launch viewing map for the NG-11 launch. Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

More images are available from NASA Headquarters’ Flickr.

The launch, as well as briefings preceding and following liftoff, will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning at 4:15 p.m. EDT April 17.

Local and regional viewing opportunities for the launch are detailed on NASA’s website.