VA SHORE: Rocket to Space Station set to launch Tuesday from Wallops

ttention is turning to the scheduled Sept. 17 launch from Wallops Island of an Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft on a mission to the the International Space Station. It will be the first mission to lift off from Virginia for the International Space Station—and the second major mission launched in less than two weeks from NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The LADEE spacecraft is on its way to the moon after successfully lifting off from the spaceport aboard a Minotaur V rocket on Sept. 6. More

(Source: Delmarva Now - Sep 12)