Antares Is Go for Launch Tonight

An Antares rocket sits on the launch pad in Virginia and is go for launch tonight at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time (22:45 UTC).  The rocket will boost a Cygnus spacecraft--named the SS Deke Slayton, after the original Mercury astronaut--filled with supplies for the astronauts on board the International Space Station. This is the third resupply mission for Orbital Sciences Corporation, which, along with SpaceX, is contracted by NASA to send rockets up to ISS. And if you live on the East Coast, you migh...