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The Antaes rocket stands at launch pad 0A Wednesday at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A forecast of low ceilings, thick clouds and rainy weather Thursday has led NASA and Northrop Grumman officials to push back the launch of an Antares rocket and a space station-bound…

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out of its hangar Monday night, riding a self-propelled transporter for a mile-long trip to launch pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, for a predawn liftoff Thursday with a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station. But rainy weather and clouds at the launch base on Virginia’s…