{"id":15890,"date":"2015-12-04T01:45:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-nightfall-at-cape-canaveral-on-eve-of-atlas-launch-to-space-station\/"},"modified":"2015-12-04T01:45:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:45:39","slug":"photos-nightfall-at-cape-canaveral-on-eve-of-atlas-launch-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-nightfall-at-cape-canaveral-on-eve-of-atlas-launch-to-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Nightfall at Cape Canaveral on eve of Atlas launch to space station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These photos were taken on Wednesday, Dec. 2, approximately 24 hours before the scheduled liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 with Orbital ATK\u2019s commercial Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11022\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7961-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"931\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7961-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7961-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7961-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7961.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11023\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7983-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"931\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7983-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7983-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7983-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7983.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11024\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7986-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7986-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7986-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7986-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-7986.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11026\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00001-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00001-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00001-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00001-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11027\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00002-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11028\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00003-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11029\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00004-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00004-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11030\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00005-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00005-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00005-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11031\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00007-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00007-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00007-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00007-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11032\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00008-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00008-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00008-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00008-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11033\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00010-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00010-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00010-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11034\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00012-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00012-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00012-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00012-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11035\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00013-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00013-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00013-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11036\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00015-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00015-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/OA-4_Remote_00015-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11025\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-8042-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-8042-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-8042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-8042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Scriptunas-8042.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These photos were taken on Wednesday, Dec. 2, approximately 24 hours before the scheduled liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 with Orbital ATK\u2019s commercial Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,3800,286,2304,639,717,3801,2899],"class_list":["post-15890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-061","tag-cargo","tag-crs","tag-cygnus","tag-international-space-station","tag-oa-4","tag-orbital-atk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}