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U.S. rocket launched to bring NASA cargo to International Space Station (3)

(Xinhua)    14:49, November 03, 2019

U.S.-WALLOPS ISLAND-ROCKET-LAUNCH

The Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifts off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, the United States, Nov. 2, 2019. A U.S. rocket was launched on Saturday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore, carrying cargo with the space agency's resupply mission for the International Space Station (ISS). The Antares rocket built by Northrop Grumman lifted off at 9:59 a.m. EDT, carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS. The spacecraft carried about 8,200 pounds (3,719 kg) of supplies and scientific experiments to the station. Cygnus is delivering specially designed tools to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 (AMS-02), a large science instrument fixed outside station that has been searching for dark matter and antimatter. The AMS-02 features a thermal control system developed by Chinese scientists. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)


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