{"id":14747,"date":"2013-09-18T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14747"},"modified":"2013-09-19T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T20:39:40","slug":"antares-takes-cygnus-to-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/09\/18\/antares-takes-cygnus-to-the-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Antares Takes Cygnus To The ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks again to this amazing thing that is the Internet I was able to watch a real-time launch, from different angles including a couple of onboard cameras, of another NASA rocket from across the continent.<\/p>\n

This one was an Antares rocket, launched from their facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, delivering the Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration resupply mission to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

I remember a time when the only way I could have seen any of this was as special effects in a movie. Now all I need is any device with an Internet connection.<\/p>\n

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\"Minutes <\/a>
Minutes before launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Minutes <\/a>
Minutes before launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lift-off\" <\/a>
Lift-off <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Perfect <\/a>
Perfect launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Onboard <\/a>
Onboard camera view of launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"All <\/a>
All systems nominal <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Astronauts <\/a>
Astronauts aboard the ISS watch the launch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Nearing <\/a>
Nearing the upper atmosphere <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Heading <\/a>
Heading toward orbit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wallops <\/a>
Wallops Launch Control Center <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Onboard <\/a>
Onboard camera view between stages <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Shortly <\/a>
Shortly before main stage separation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Main <\/a>
Main stage separation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Main <\/a>
Main stage separation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Main <\/a>
Main stage separation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Post-separation <\/a>
Post-separation telemetry info <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cygnus <\/a>
Cygnus spacecraft telemtery <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cygnus <\/a>
Cygnus spacecraft telemtery <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Houston's <\/a>
Houston’s Mission Control Center takes over the mission <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Houston's <\/a>
Houston’s Mission Control Center takes over the mission <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks again to this amazing thing that is the Internet I was able to watch a real-time launch, from different angles including a couple of onboard cameras, of another NASA rocket from across the continent. This one was an Antares rocket, launched from their facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, delivering the Cygnus spacecraft on a … <\/p>\n

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