Media Invited to NASA Commercial Partner New Rocket Rollout April 6

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April 03, 2013

Joshua Buck 
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-1100 
jbuck@xxxxxxxx 

Jeremy Eggers 
Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 
757-824-2958 
jeremy.l.eggers@xxxxxxxx 

Barron Beneski 
Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va. 
703-406-5528 
Beneski.Barron@xxxxxxxxxxx 


MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-055

MEDIA INVITED TO NASA COMMERCIAL PARTNER NEW ROCKET ROLLOUT APRIL 6

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- News media are invited to cover the scheduled 
Saturday, April 6, morning rollout of Orbital Sciences Corporation's 
Antares launch vehicle to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's 
Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. 

Orbital is testing the Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo logistics 
spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services 
(COTS) program. A demonstration flight of Antares and Cygnus to the 
International Space Station is planned for later this year. Following 
the successful completion of the COTS demonstration mission to the 
space station, Orbital will conduct eight cargo resupply flights to 
the orbiting laboratory through NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 
contract. 

The rollout, which is scheduled to begin at about 4:45 a.m. EDT, is in 
preparation for the launch vehicle's test flight later this month. 
Pad operations to raise the rocket to a vertical position will begin 
at about 6 a.m. will take two to three hours to complete. The launch 
window for Antares' test flight is between April 17 and 19. 

Media representatives interested in covering the Antares rollout and 
pad operations must contact Rebecca Powell at 757-824-1139 or 
rebecca.h.powell@xxxxxxxx by 4 p.m., April 5. A media escort will 
leave Wallops' main gate at 4:30 a.m. for vehicle rollout. Orbital 
and NASA representatives will be available for comment. All times are 
tentative, and reporters should contact Wallops for up-to-date 
information. 

NASA initiatives like COTS are helping develop a robust U.S. 
commercial space transportation industry with the goal of achieving 
safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the 
space station and low-Earth orbit. In parallel, NASA's Commercial 
Crew Program is working with commercial space partners developing 
capabilities to launch U.S. astronauts from U.S. soil in the next few 
years. 

For more information about the upcoming test flight, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/orbital 

	
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