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Liftoff: Special delivery on way to astronauts

First U.S. shipment in months flying to space station

By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press
Published: December 6, 2015, 7:28pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months Sunday, reigniting NASA’s commercial delivery service.

If the Orbital ATK capsule arrives at the space station Wednesday as planned, it will represent the first U.S.

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