NASA and SpaceX launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station

While the weather proved challenging heading into Sunday’s launch attempt of the Northrop Grumman-21 (NG-21) cargo resupply mission, SpaceX received enough of a good margin that it was able to launch the NASA mission to the International Space Station. With a liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket at 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 UTC), Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft began its roughly 40-hour journey to the orbiting outpost. It deployed its twin circular solar panels at 2:21 a.m. EDT (1821 UTC) to begin charging its batteries. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 5)