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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California

December 10, 2014 Justin Ray

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on the NROL-35 mission with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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Two days after blasting off from Kazakhstan, three new crew members docked with the International Space Station early Saturday to begin nearly four months of scientific experiments and maintenance on the orbiting research outpost. The Soyuz spacecraft linked up with the space station’s Rassvet module at 12:06 a.m. EDT (0406 GMT).

News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches predawn Starlink mission on President’s Day
    February 15, 2026
  • Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven
    February 15, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 rocket to date with Starlink flight from Vandenberg
    February 14, 2026
  • ‘Very lucky day’: NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th
    February 14, 2026
  • NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test
    February 12, 2026
  • Vulcan suffers solid rocket booster problem during USSF-87 launch
    February 12, 2026
  • ULA to launch geosynchronous orbit surveillance satellite for the U.S. Space Force
    February 11, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    February 11, 2026
  • ULA sets sights on ramping up launch cadence in 2026
    February 11, 2026
  • Weather delays NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 flight to the International Space Station
    February 9, 2026
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