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In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Andy Petro, with the Small Spacecraft Technology Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington, speaks to social media representatives during the Orbital ATK CRS-4 NASA Social event. Petro displays an example of the SmallSats (small satellites) that will ride to the station inside the Orbital ATK enhanced Cygnus pressurized cargo module. NASA is preparing for the launch of CRS-4, a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus will carry more than 7,000 pounds of hardware and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Cygnus will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.