The rocket is set to blast off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Antares rocket will carry a Cygnus spacecraft to deliver supplies and science items to the International Space Station, is planned for 12:40 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19.said its weather office was “predicting a 75% chance of favorable conditions, with southwesterly ground winds being the main concerns for the launch window on Saturday.”
The national space agency described the launch as “Grumman’s 17th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to theA Northrop Grumman Corporation Antares rocket like this one is scheduled to carry a Cygnus spacecraft to deliver supplies and science items to the International Space Station in February 2022.
Similar to other recent rocket launches, the NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will not be open for this weekend’s launch.
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