Rocket blasts off with fresh supplies for space station

United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral that is headed towards the International Space Station. An Atlas V rocket launch carrying a Cygnus spacecraft bound for the International Space Station lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 22, 2016. CAPE CANAVERAL -- An unmanned Cygnus supply ship is headed for a Saturday morning rendezvous with the International Space Station after an 11:05 p.m. ET Tuesday blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket. The 194-foot United Launch Alliance rocket blazed into a night sky brightened by a nearly full moon, carrying the Orbital ATK Cygnus packed with 7,500 pounds of food, equipment and science experiments. "These resupply missions are critical," Kenny Todd, NASA's space station operations integration manager, said before the launch.