It was third time lucky today as the unmanned Orbital Sciences/ATK Cygnus CRS-4 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Following two previous delays due to bad weather, the privately owned and operated Cygnus spacecraft set off atop an Atlas V rocket at 4:44 pm EST to rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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