Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off at 12:52 p.m. EDT and is on its way to the International Space Station. At the time of launch, the International Space Station was traveling at an altitude of 260 miles over northwest Australia. The Cygnus spacecraft is safely on orbit with solar arrays deployed.
The cargo ship will rendezvous with the InternationalSpace Station on Wednesday, July 16. It will be grappled at approximately 6:39 a.m. by Commander Steve Swanson of NASA. He will be assisted in a backup position by Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. Cygnus will be attached to the Earth-facing port of the station's Harmony node and will remain in place for approximately one month. It is scheduled depart the space station on August 15.
Seen here is the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launching from Pad-0A with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, Sunday, July 13, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft is filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA.
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Ever noticed every time we launch a rocket the weather gets messed up?
ReplyDelete2:09 lol
ReplyDeletewas sitting on Rt 12 just west of Snow Hill. Saw it for a few seconds and then off it went into the clouds. Interesting to view.
ReplyDelete2:09-You don't suppose the most basic law of physics might cause that do you? The law stating that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.A massive 360 degree energy expenditure has an undeniable impact on our environment.
ReplyDelete4:28 A more positive view is the fact that with each of these massive energy expenditures there is an undeniable positive impact on our local economy.
ReplyDelete4:28.. are you saying the rocket launch had an impact upon the local weather?
ReplyDeleteOr are you referencing 360 degrees as in fahrenheit/celsius/K temperature, or 360 degrees as in a circle which ends where it begins.
The law you reference pertains to a law of 180 degree's or rather equal and opposite action/reaction.
But please and hopefully, you aren't ascribing a rocket launch impacting the weather.
Sorry I missed the launch..
You guys are getting a little bit crazy!
ReplyDelete5:59-Let me simplify:throw a stone into a pool of water and watch nature display it's most efficient shape,a circle.That is the undeniable 360 of which I speak.An equal amount of energy expenditure in every direction at once.Only HAARP could devise something with as much weather altering force.And 6:53,you are almost correct,except we've always been that way vs just getting there.
ReplyDeleteIt's to bad they didn't strap your ass to the top of that thing, Joe.
ReplyDeleteJonathan, you've got the wrong guy. That would be Mayor Ireton, not me.
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