How To See Tomorrow's Historic Antares/Cygnus Launch To The Space Station

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

Top of the Rock - New York City Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft approximate launch trajectory view as should be seen from atop Rockefeller Center, NYC, on Sept. 18, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. EDT - weather permitting - after blastoff from NASA Wallops, VA. Orbital Sciences Never seen a rocket launch before? Here's where to look! WALLOPS ISLAND, VA - "All Systems Are GO" for the Sept. 18 launch of Orbital Sciences Antares commercial rocket carrying the first ever fully functional Cygnus commercial resupply vehicle to orbit on the history making first flight blasting off from NASA's Wallops Island Facility-along the eastern shore of Virginia and bound for the International Space Station. Here's our guide on "How to See the Antares/Cygnus Launch"-complete with viewing maps and trajectory graphics from a variety of prime viewing locations courtesy of Orbital Sciences, the private company that developed both the Antares rocket and Cygnus spaceship aimed...

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