Candy, cheese soar to space station to satisfy crew cravings
A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the astronauts' cravings. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule from the Virginia seashore. The nearly 4-ton shipment should arrive at the orbiting lab Tuesday. It took three tries over the past week to get the Antares rocket off the pad, with it finally taking flight at 3:21 p.m. -- an auspicious 3-2-1. "Awesome launch," Joel Montalbano, NASA's deputy space station program manag
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