轨道1号发射：10周年

An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Thursday, January 9, 2014, Wallops Island, VA. Antares is carrying the Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Orbital-1 mission is Orbital Sciences’ first contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Cygnus is carrying science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and other hardware to the space station.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

2014年1月9日，星期四，轨道科学公司的安塔瑞斯火箭从NASA瓦洛普斯飞行设施的Pad-0A发射台发射升空。安塔瑞斯运载天鹅座飞船，执行国际空间站的货物补给任务。轨道1号任务是轨道科学公司第一次为NASA向空间站运送货物。天鹅座将携带科学实验、机组人员补给、备件和其他硬件设备前往空间站。

影像来源：NASA/Bill Ingalls