NASA rolls out Antares rocket at Virginia facility
NASA technicians move the Orbital ATK Antares rocket to launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in preparation for an Oct. 16 launch.
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) to begin the approximately half-mile journey to launch Pad-0A, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s sixth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver over 5,100 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.
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