{"id":12850,"date":"2019-11-06T19:39:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-antares-rocket-lifts-offs-on-space-station-cargo-mission\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T19:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:39:53","slug":"photos-antares-rocket-lifts-offs-on-space-station-cargo-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-antares-rocket-lifts-offs-on-space-station-cargo-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Antares rocket lifts offs on space station cargo mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

A two-stage Northrop Grumman Antares booster lifted off Nov. 2 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia\u2019s Eastern Shore with a Cygnus cargo freighter on the way to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

These photos show the 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) rocket climbing into the sky from pad 0A at the spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The Antares rocket rode the power of two RD-181 engines off the pad at 9:59 a.m. EDT (1359 GMT) on Saturday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n

The RD-181 engines generated some 860,000 pounds of thrust to propel the Antares launcher toward space. A solid-fueled Castor 30XL second stage later ignited to inject the Cygnus supply ship into orbit.<\/p>\n

The Cygnus cargo carrier reached the space station Monday, Nov. 4, with more than 4 tons of equipment, experiments, crew provisions and other gear.<\/p>\n

Read our full story for details on the launch.<\/p>\n

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