WALLOPS ISLAND, April 18, 2019 (Xinhua) — The Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, the United States, on April 17, 2019. A U.S. rocket was launched on Wednesday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying cargo with the space agency’s resupply mission for the International Space Station (ISS). The Antares rocket built by Northrop Grumman lifted off at 4:46 p.m. EDT, carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS. The spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket about nine minutes after the blastoff, flying on its way to the space station, according to NASA’s live broadcast. The spacecraft is expected to dock with the space station early Friday morning. (Xinhua/Ting Shen/IANS)
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