NASA Television Airs Post Launch Status Briefing for Resupply Mission to Space Station

NASA TV aired a post-launch news briefings from Wallops Flight Facility to update the status of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft and Orbital's mission to resupply the International Space Station . Cygnus is carrying 2,780 pounds of supplies to the space station, including vital science experiments that will expand the research capabilities of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory. Upon its arrival at the station, Cygnus will be captured with the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm and berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, where it will remain for more than a month.

[cavereric]

Talk about Mars One, Mars direct, or Mars Semi-Direct mission it you would like to get the attention of the public again.

[cavereric]

This is irrelevant!!   I will start paying attention to NASA again when you start talking about people going to Mars.