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T-42 days (October 23, 2015) - Cygnus being loaded with cargo

Cargo stowing began on the OA-4 mission earlier this week at the International Space Station Processing Facility. The enhanced Cygnus pressure vessel is now being loaded with nearly 7,700 pounds of cargo for the International Space Station. In the foreground of the last image, the service module for the spacecraft can be seen undergoing testing. It was delivered to Kennedy Space Center early last week. OA-4 is scheduled to launch at 6:03 pm EST on December 3, on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. It will be the first of two Cygnus resupply missions to fly on the Atlas V, which is acting as an intermediate launch vehicle while Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returns to flight.