ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — NASA says a private company can conduct a test launch this week of an unmanned rocket intended to help eventual supply runs to the International Space Station.

Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles plans to launch its Antares rocket Wednesday from Wallops Island, Va., and it could be visible in cities from Washington to New York.

Recommended Stories

Hundreds evacuate Ukrainian city of Oleshky as part of Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire

Judge opens inquiry into Trump administration’s handling of East Potomac golf course case

Appeals court rejects DOJ effort to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots, teeing up Supreme Court gambit