Orbital Spacecraft Blasts Off to Study Disasters at Zero Gravity
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An Orbital ATK Inc. spacecraft soared toward orbit Tuesday laden with supplies for the International Space Station and an experiment to study one of the most-feared disasters for the lab -- fire.
The Cygnus capsule was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force station. It is the second time that Orbital has used a United Launch Alliance vehicle to send its cargo hauler to space as it develops a replacement to a craft that exploded in 2014.