Wallops Flight Facility sees another successful launch to the International Space Station

Early risers had quite the show shortly early Monday Morning with the Antares rocket blasting off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at 4:44 AM. 

This is the ninth re-supply mission by Orbital ATK, one of NASA's chief suppliers. Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, has 7,400 pounds of cargo. The cargo includes science experiments, supplies, and vehicle hardware for the space station crew.

Before the sun even came up, the rocket was up and running. 

Orbital ATK's Director of Communications, Vicki Cox says, "Its been a very early morning launch for us. Typically, it's a little later but with the path that we need to take for the International Space Station and the routes in terms of the orbit. This is the time we had to adhere to."

This is one of the earliest flights the facility has seen. The rocket was trying to blast off at its flight time at 4:39 AM. But the cloudy weather pushed it to the end of it's five minute window.

"Another thing we do is what many folks don't like to do, is take out the trash. So at the end of the mission, we'll be there for quite a few weeks, we'll dispose the trash and that's also a great help to the astronauts and a vital service for NASA," Cox tells 47 ABC.

Despite having other successful launches in the past, every single mission continues to bring an out of world experience to the Eastern Shore. 

The Cygnus spacecraft will dock this Thursday and deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

The spacecraft will remain attached for about seven weeks before departing.

Orbital ATK plans to launch another mission in the fall.