{"id":15908,"date":"2015-11-25T01:57:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-assembling-atlas-5-for-international-space-station-launch\/"},"modified":"2015-11-25T01:57:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:57:14","slug":"photos-assembling-atlas-5-for-international-space-station-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-assembling-atlas-5-for-international-space-station-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Assembling Atlas 5 for International Space Station launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relive the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility for the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter flight to the International Space Station. The first stage was erected initially, followed by the combined interstage and Centaur upper stage, then the encapsulated payload.Launch is planned for Dec. 3 at 5:55 p.m. EST (2255 GMT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos: NASA-KSC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10725\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack01\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack01.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10726\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack02\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack02.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10727\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack03\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack03.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10728\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack04-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack04\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack04.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10729\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack05\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack05.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10730\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack06-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack06\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack06-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack06-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack06-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack06.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10731\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack07-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack07\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack07-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack07-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack07-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack07.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10732\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack08-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack08\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack08-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack08-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack08-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack08.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10733\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack09-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack09\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack09-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack09-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack09-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack09.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10734\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack10\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack10.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10735\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack11-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack11\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack11-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack11-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack11-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack11.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10736\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack12-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack12\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack12-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack12.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10737\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack14-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack14\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack14.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10738\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack15-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack15\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack15.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10739\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack16\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack16.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10740\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack17-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack17\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack17-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack17-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack17-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack17.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10741\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack18-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack18\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack18-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack18-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack18-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack18.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10742\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack19-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack19\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack19-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack19-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack19-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack19.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10743\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack20-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"stack20\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack20.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10744\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack21-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack21\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack21-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack21-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack21-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack21.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10745\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack22-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"stack22\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack22-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack22-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack22-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stack22.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p>See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relive the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility for the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter flight to the International Space Station. The first stage was erected initially, followed by the combined interstage and Centaur upper stage, then the encapsulated payload.Launch is planned for Dec. 3 [&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-15908","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\/15908"}],"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=15908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}