In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized cargo module (background) and its service module (foreground) are being prepared for mating for the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus is being prepared to deliver thousands of pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials on the Scheduled to launch on March 19, 2017, the commercial resupply services mission will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized cargo module (background) and its service module (foreground) are being prepared for mating for the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus is being prepared to deliver thousands of pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials on the Scheduled to launch on March 19, 2017, the commercial resupply services mission will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.