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Antares Rocket Launch

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.--NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation launched its Antares rocket at 5 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 21, from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The completed flight paves the way for a demonstration mission by Orbital to resupply the space station later this year. (NASA/Terry Zaperach)

 

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