Cygnus Spacecraft Readied for May Launch on Antares

Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., mated the Cygnus Service Module to the Pressurized Cargo Module Friday, April 4, in Bldg. H-100, payload processing facility, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va. The Service Module for the Orb-2 mission, which will deliver approximately 1,650 kg of supplies to the International Space Station, arrived at Wallops March 31. The Pressurized Cargo Module, which arrived in late January, was loaded with initial cargo the last weekend of March. The fully-fueled Cygnus spacecraft will be integrated with Orbital's Antares rocket in late April ahead of launch, currently scheduled for May 6 at 3:44 p.m. EDT, from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA Wallops.