Spacex Launches Cygnus Spacecraft For Nasa Resupply Mission

SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL spacecraft Sunday evening from Cape Canaveral. Riding a Falcon 9 rocket, the cargo ship is headed to the International Space Station on a resupply mission for NASA. NASA says the ship, named the S.S. Willie McCool, honors the Columbia shuttle pilot killed in 2003.