Thousands mobbed the Walloops Flight Facility to see the launch of the Antares Rocket that will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. Delmarva Public Radio's Steve Plotkin was there and filed this report.
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(AP) While there's no Easter ham or lamb, NASA says plenty of generic holiday fixings are going up for the space station's six residents, including smoked turkey, pork chops, asparagus and cobbler. Altogether, 800 meals are tucked away.
The 7,600-pound (3,450-kilogram) load also includes three free-flying robots to be tested as astronaut helpers, 40 black lab mice and 63 tiny student-research satellites.
Another delivery should be coming by month's end.
NASA's other commercial shipper, SpaceX, is due to launch a shipment from Florida on April 26.
