Private Spacecraft 'Go' for 1st Space Station Launch Wednesday
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Cygnus spacecraft, which is built by aerospace firm Orbital Sciences, passed its launch readiness review and is now set to lift off Wednesday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, officials announced Monday (Sept. 16).
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