Antares Speeds Cygnus to ISS with OA-9 Launch

Will Smoot

May 21, 2018

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As we disembark the buses we hear “Check item 347,” and remember that the OA-9 launch team has been on the job since 10:00 pm, 5 hours earlier than us. The clouds are broken and allow us glimpses of stars, but we are also able to see clouds lighting up, and an occasional flash from a storm just offshore.

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Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

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