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At 11:11 a.m. EDT (15:11 GMT) April 18, 2017, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket launched the OA-7 "S.S. John Glenn" cargo freighter from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, located in Florida. The soda can-shaped spacecraft's mission was to deliver 7,262 pounds (3,295 kilograms) worth of cargo, crew supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. The mission lifted off at the opening of a 30-minute-long launch window, marking the third time that one of ULA's rockets was used to send a Cygnus spacecraft on its way to the station under the $1.9 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract Orbital ATK has signed with NASA. Photos courtesy: Michael Howard, Jim Siegel
