Running a day late, an upgraded Orbital ATK Antares rocket climbed away from the coast of Virginia early Sunday, lifting a Cygnus cargo ship into orbit for a two-day trip to the International ...

The Antares first stage ... the second stage motor burned out and the cargo ship was released to fly on its own in an initially elliptical orbit with a low point of 110 miles and a high point ...

The four ships, the SS Antares, SS Denebola, Gary I. Gordon and Cape Washington, are part of the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Force, a fleet established in 1976 to quickly supply ...