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All being well, Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus space truck (PDF) will soar heavenwards later today en route to the International Space Station. Antares rolls out on 5 January. Pic: NASA/Bill Ingalls Antares rolls out on 5 January. Pic: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA says the weather is "95 per cent favorable" for the …

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  1. Gene Cash Silver badge

    Nope! Too many protons!

    There's been a pretty strong pair of solar flares, and this causes too much of a chance of computer & tracking issues during launch. This might push things to Friday or Saturday.

    http://www.spaceflight101.com/cygnus-orb-1-mission-updates.html

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  2. EddieD

    Ah, nuts...

    Scrubbed for today...

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    1. MrT
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      Or in other words...

      ... an early bath?

      ;-)

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  3. Matt Piechota

    They should have used the old standby "we knocked but no one answered, so we'll try again tomorrow.", despite someone being on the station all day.

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  4. BigFire

    That Fireball In the Sky

    Guess it still have some trick up its sleeves to show us?

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  5. Martin Budden Silver badge

    So it's not just terrestrial weather which can delay a launch!

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  6. Martin Budden Silver badge

    "January 8, 2014 - 6:18 PM EST

    Orbital Sciences has confirmed it will proceed with a 1:07 p.m. EST launch attempt of the Orbital-1 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, Jan. 9, pending closeout of all remaining pre-launch reviews and tests."

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  7. Apriori

    I hope someone has checked the O rings work at the current low temperatures in the USA.

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