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International Space Station and crew awaiting Atlas 5 launch of Cygnus


International Space Station and crew awaiting Atlas 5 launch of Cygnus Lending a helping hand to resume the stalled U.S. supply chain to the International Space Station, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will send a commercial Cygnus cargo craft in pursuit of the outpost Thursday. With Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket and the SpaceX Falcon 9 both grounded by failures, a pair of Atlas 5 boosters stand ready as gap-fillers to launch Cygnus vessels over the next 100 days from Cape Canaveral, Florida.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 30)

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