High-Altitude Winds Prompt Cygnus Launch Delay

Credit: Antares: Orbital ATK
The launch of Northrop Grumman’s 13th NASA-contracted Cygnus re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was scrubbed for a second time Feb. 14 due to high-altitude winds at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. A third attempt to lift off is scheduled for...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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