Launch of Orbital-2 Mission to the International Space Station

Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo craft launched from Wallops Flight Facility on the Orbital-2 mission - the company's second operational resupply mission to the International Space Station, under its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft, which is carrying almost 3,300 pounds of supplies - including a host of experiments, is targeted to rendezvous with the ISS on July 16. Published on Jul 13, 2014. Credit: NASA.