3…2…1… LAUNCH! 🚀 Today at NASAWallops Flight Facility in Virginia, we launched more than 8,200 pounds of science, supplies and hardware to crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station.⁣ ⁣ At 9:59 a.m. EDT, NorthropGrumman's #Antares rocket, with #Cygnus spacecraft onboard, lifted off our home planet as the ISS was traveling over the south Atlantic southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, at an altitude of 257 statute miles. ⁣ ⁣ Along for the ride are research investigations, hardware for future spacewalks and a vest intended to protect astronauts from harmful radiation in space and other cargo that is scheduled to arrive at our orbiting laboratory on Monday, Nov. 4. ⁣⁣ Images Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)⁣ ⁣ #NASA #RocketLaunch #OutOfThisWorld #WallopsIsland #SpaceStation⁣ #LaunchPhotography