This Cygnus is loaded with about 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware. However, depending on cloud cover and other local conditions (such as elevation and obstruction of the horizon), it still may be visible in the Mid-Atlantic region.Įach resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations. This launch occurs during daylight hours, so it will not be as visible as a launch at night. The beach at the Assateague Island National Seashore/Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will NOT be open during the launch.

Viewing locations on Chincoteague Island include Robert Reed Park on Main Street or Beach Road spanning the area between Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. The NASA Visitor Center - including its parking lot - at Wallops will be CLOSED for this launch. Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Patrick Black 16, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. There it is lifted to its vertical position, Tuesday, Feb. In this time-lapse video, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is transported from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A. EST, with liftoff taking place at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia. The five-minute launch window opens at 12:36 p.m. Live coverage of the launch with commentary will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app beginning at 12 p.m. Credit: NASA Wallops/Patrick Blackįor those who’d like to follow along with the count early, live video and control room chatter is now airing on NASA Wallops’ IBM Cloud Video. A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is in the vertical launch position on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, Tuesday, Feb. Weather continues to be 75% favorable for the launch of this resupply mission to the International Space Station. EST launch window of NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft. Pegasus is a winged, three-stage solid propellant rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corporation that can launch a satellite into low earth orbit. The countdown is underway for today’s 12:36 p.m. A new era in space flight began in April 1990 when NASA launched the first Pegasus rocket from a NASA B-52 aircraft out of Dryden Flight Research Center in California.

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