TONIGHT: Millions of Americans will be able to see a rocket streak across the sky

As Maddie Stone highlighted over at Gizmodo, an Antares rocket launch at 7:40 p.m. just off the coast of Maryland should be visible across much of the mid-Atlantic - even for a few moments from places as far from the launch site as South Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Boston. The rocket will be on its way to the International Space Station with supplies 5,290 pounds of supplies and science experiments, after delays due to Hurricane Nicole and a technical difficulty .