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NASA Wallops rocket launch [1756 EST Tuesday August 9] may be seen from N.J., other eastern states
NJ.com ^ | Aug 08, 2021 | Len Melisurgo

Posted on 08/09/2021 7:12:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket is scheduled to lift off at 5:56 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, Aug. 10, as part of the company’s 16th mission to deliver supplies, equipment and NASA science investigations to the International Space Station, NASA announced.

As long as skies are clear, the launch may be visible to people across the Mid-Atlantic region and possibly other parts of the eastern United States...

Live coverage of the mission countdown is scheduled to begin at about 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Wallops IBM video site.

Launch coverage on NASA TV is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: antares; launch; nasa; northrup; northrupgrumman; rocket; wallops

1 posted on 08/09/2021 7:12:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll be watching it on NASA TV.


2 posted on 08/09/2021 7:28:58 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: telescope115

I’ll be watching it on NASA TV.

They’ll be wearing Masks and all you’ll hear is mumble mumble mumble ,LOL


3 posted on 08/09/2021 8:02:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Delaware isn’t New Jersey so.... how am I going to see this thing?(And I live in Ocean County)


4 posted on 08/09/2021 10:34:47 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

Seems what they’re saying is that: if you look up at just the right moment, and if you don’t blink, you might catch a glimpse of it.


5 posted on 08/09/2021 10:43:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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6 posted on 08/09/2021 10:44:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks Ben. I didn’t see this on the map they showed.


7 posted on 08/09/2021 10:50:45 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: butlerweave

That’s ok, I am hearing impaired and use closed captioning anyway.


8 posted on 08/09/2021 12:45:28 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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