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...

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