# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B4YFxb8pPB6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734326-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-11-02T20:26:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

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.⁣
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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. ⁣
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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)⁣
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#NASA #RocketLaunch #OutOfThisWorld #WallopsIsland #SpaceStation⁣ #LaunchPhotography

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outofthisworld, spacestation, nasa, launchphotography, cygnus, antares, wallopsisland, rocketlaunch

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