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U.S. COMMERCIAL CARGO SHIP HEADS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket launched April 17 from Pad 0A at the Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, carrying the unpiloted Cygnus cargo craft to orbit for its journey to deliver several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station. Dubbed the “SS Roger Chaffee” in honor of the NASA astronaut who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in January 1967, Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the station on April 19, where it will be captured by Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency using the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Robotic flight controllers will then maneuver Cygnus for its installation to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module where it will spend three months.