Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VIRGINIA -
As long as the weather cooperates and the skies stay somewhat clear, a NASA rocket launch this Saturday will be visible to people in Eastern North Carolina.
The Antares rocket is scheduled to launch Saturday, July 12 at 1:14 p.m. The rocket will carry an unmanned Cygnus spacecraft loaded with 3,293 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station.
The rocket is currently in position at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
According to NASA, the rocket should be visible to those of us in ENC approximately 2 1/2 minutes to three minutes after the launch.
Entities 0 Name: NASA Count: 3 1 Name: VIRGINIA Count: 2 2 Name: Wallops Flight Facility Count: 1 3 Name: ENC Count: 1 4 Name: Cygnus Count: 1 5 Name: Gemignani Count: 1 6 Name: Mid-Atlantic Count: 1 7 Name: Antares Count: 1 8 Name: Eastern North Carolina Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1fUWHS8 Title: Orbital Sciences Commercial Resupply Launch Description: Orbital Sciences Corp. has postponed the launch of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station until 1:14 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 12, due to weather conditions that delayed the roll-out of the Antares rocket to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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