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NASA successfully launches the Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard a Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, with the support of the Air Force’s 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 18, 2017. Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance

Successful Atlas

The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported NASA’s successful launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, April 18, 2017. Courtesy photo by United Launch Alliance

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