Orbital Sciences Antares rocket successfully launched at 5 p.m., Sunday, April 21, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Antares' maiden flight serves as a precursor for a demonstration flight of its Cygnus resupply ship to the International Space Station later this year.
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