NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation are counting down to the scheduled launch today at 1:07 pm EST from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility of the Antares-Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS. The launch had been scrubbed from yesterday as a precaution due to the solar radiation storm caused by sunspot AR1944 - see my blog for yesterday for details on AR1944.
Although not as spectacular as a night launch, viewers in the DMV will be able to see the launch in certain areas:
We might be able to see Cygnus in orbit as it catches up to the ISS but viewing details will have to wait until launch and orbit.
Good luck!
Sky Guy in VA
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