Orbital Sciences selects ULA's Atlas V to launch next Cygnus cargo ship to station

Following the catastrophic Oct. 28 failure of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket on a critical resupply mission to the space station for NASA, the company is seeking to quickly make up the loss to NASA by announcing the selection of the venerable Atlas V rocket built by United Launch Alliance to launch Orbital's next Cygnus cargo ship to the orbital science lab.