Orbital ATK CRS-9
An Orbital ATK rocket is seen as it is rolled out to launch Pad-0A at Wallops Flight Facility Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Included in the 7,400 pounds of cargo onboard Cygnus, are science experiments, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware.
Mission: Orbital ATK CRS-9
Launch date: Tuesday, May 21, 2018 at 7:19 a.m. EDT
Location: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
The 9th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station by Orbital ATK is targeted for launch no earlier than 4:39 a.m. EDT on May 21 and will host multiple payloads sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory.
