Orbital and NASA hold a status briefing about next mission to resupply International Space Station

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Orbital Sciences Corp. and NASA held a pre launch status briefing to discuss the next mission to resupply the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 27.

Orbital's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and will transport almost 5,000 pounds of supplies, including science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and experiment hardware. Expedition 41 crew members Reid Wiseman and Barry Wilmore of NASA will be ready in the station’s cupola to capture the resupply craft with the station's robotic arm and install it on the Earth-facing port of the station's Harmony module. This mission is the third of eight Orbital flights NASA contracted with the company to resupply the space station, and the fourth trip by a Cygnus spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory.
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Love that YouTube 1.5x playback speed.

onjofilms
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good choice to name the ship after Deke Slayton since he was one of the Mercury Boys he deserves a tribute.   he helped get the commercial crew and cargo program started. 

geomodelrailroader
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"Oops lol" - Orbital Sciences Corp.

RiverWyvrn
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Sorry but it really was a "nice" launch. To watch I mean. Especially the exploding part near the end

redherring
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11:55 "burned up during re-entry, hopefully, especially with some of that stuff" WTF
16:00 Finished early so they could go watch football.
Hello??

ianptbo
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15, 000 lbs cargo going up 17, 000 lbs trash coming down. 

geomodelrailroader
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Launching rockets with almost 60's technology after space shuttles? When will NASA send real spaceships? No budget? That's what I thought...

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