Monday’s NASA launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station has been rescheduled to tonight, which means local skywatchers might still get a glimpse of it through partly cloudy skies.
Monday’s launch attempt was canceled thanks to a boat down range in the trajectory the rocket would have flown had it lifted off, according to NASA.gov.
Tonight’s launch from from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in VA will put the Cygnus spacecraft at the space station early Sunday, Nov. 2.
The Frosty Drew Observatory in Charlestown reports the launch will be visible by everyone in Southern New England.
“Set out around 6:30 p.m. and grab a spot with a clear view of the Southern horizon. Between 6:45 and 6:50 you will spot the Antares rocket streaking across the southern sky starting in the SSW,” the observatory notes on it’s Facebook page.
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Oh it was seen along the skyline alright, It went boom in the night as it exploded. It is not a NASA rocket but a rocket built by Dulles based company Orbital Science. The goverment built a rocket that put a man on the moon over 50 years ago. The private sector brought up Cold War Soviet Rockets and thought they could make ,huge profits. Wow, maybe sometimes profits are bad and goverment is good.
Yes, cause the rockets the government built never exploded, right genius?
Perhaps you should educate yourself on the success rate of these rockets by the Soviet Union before you even make such a stupid statements comparing our rockets to those used by for profit at the cheapest cost corporation. Don’t let you feelings and biases drive your intellect.