Antares rollout photo gallery

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: July 11, 2014

The 133-foot Antares rocket arrived at launch pad 0A Thursday at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport after a one-mile trip from its integration hangar on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

A self-propelled transporter carried the two-stage booster down a two-lane road south from the horizontal integration facility, then up the ramp to launch pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.

The rollout began before dawn, one day later than planned after severe thunderstorms prevented Orbital Sciences from moving the rocket Wednesday morning.

Later Thursday, hydraulic pistons lifted the two-stage rocket and Cygnus cargo craft vertical on top of the pad's launch mount. Technicians also planned to make final electrical and fluid connections between the rocket and the launch pad.

Launch is now set for Sunday at 12:52 p.m. EDT (1652 GMT).

See our Mission Status Center for the latest news on the mission.

Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani