<p dir="ltr"><strong>A supply mission to the International Space Station began with this <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-cargo-launches-to-space-station-aboard-orbital-sciences-resupply-mission/#.U8gxvI1dU3c">flawless launch on Sunday</a>, delighting some hungry spacefarers.</strong></p><p dir="ltr">"Fresh Food!" said astronaut <a href="https://twitter.com/Astro_Cady?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fmission_pages%2Fstation%2Fstructure%2Flaunch%2Forbital.html&amp;query=((from%3ANASA_Johnson%20OR%20from%3ANASA%20OR%20from%3AOrbitalSciences%20OR%20from%3ANASA_Wallops%20OR%20from%3Aastro_reid%20OR%20from%3AAstro_Alex)%20AND%20(Cygnus%20OR%20Antares%20OR%20Orb2))&amp;tw_i=489766029430894592&amp;tw_p=embeddedtimeline&amp;tw_w=378279185757638656">Cady Coleman on Twitter</a>, pleased about the arrival of the supplies.</p><p dir="ltr">The unmanned Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus cargo capsule headed into space from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The spacecraft carried 3,000 pounds of cargo, including science experiments.</p><p dir="ltr">Though only Russia's Soyuz space capsule can deliver astronauts to the space station, a number of cargo capsules, such as the Cygnus used on this Orbital-2 mission, can now <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html#.U8gwxo1dU3c">resupply the orbiting lab</a>.</p><p dir="ltr"><em>—Dan Vergano</em></p>