Spaceflight Now + Premium video content for our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. X-43A test NASA's X-43A research craft and its Pegasus rocket booster complete a captive carry test flight aboard a B-52 launch aircraft. (1min 48sec file)  Play video See the KSC damage See damage to the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Saturn 5 Center and other facilities at Kennedy Space Center caused by Hurricane Jeanne. (4min 31sec file)  Play video Cape damage report Jim Kennedy, director of the Kennedy Space Center, and Col. Mark Owen, 45th Space Wing commander, hold a news conference on Monday, Sept. 27 to provide a preliminary report on damage from Hurricane Jeanne at KSC and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (49min 30sec file)  Play audio Hurricane Jeanne Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured these views of Hurricane Jeanne on Saturday, Sept. 25 as the storm approached Florida. (3min 59sec file)  Play video Station news briefing International Space Station program manager Bill Gerstenmaier holds a news conference Sept. 24 to discuss problems with the oxygen generation system and Expedition 10 launch preparations. (44min 06sec file)  Play audio Galaxy clusters collide Scientists describe a cosmic hurricane in this news conference from Sept. 23, explaining how two merging galaxy clusters churn high-pressure shock waves that leave thousands of galaxies strewn in the wake. (53min 24sec file)  Play audio Meet next station crew The three men to launch aboard the next Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station -- Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao, flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov and Russian taxi cosmonaut Yuri Shargin -- hold a pre-flight news conference near Moscow on Sept. 23. (43min 05sec file)  Play video Life on the station Former International Space Station commander Mike Foale radioed current ISS science officer Mike Fincke on Sept. 22 to discuss actvities and work aboard the outpost. (5min 01sec file)  Play video Station chat with kids Expedition 9 commander Gennedy Padalka and flight engineer Mike Fincke talk about life aboard the International Space Station during an in-flight educational event with students at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. (19min 00sec file)  Play video ISS educational event The International Space Station's Expedition 9 crew hold an educational talk with students and members of the National Guard Bureau in Charleston, West Virginia. (19min 53sec file)  Play video NASA chief visits KSC NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe tours the hurricane damage at Kennedy Space Center. (5min 50sec file)  Play video Shuttle news briefing The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group's co-chairmen, former astronauts Tom Stafford and Dick Covey, hold a news conference Thursday to update reporters on NASA's efforts to prepare the next space shuttle mission. (47min 01sec file)  Play audio Nearing the U.S. From 230 miles above Earth, International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke talks to Mission Control while an external camera watches Hurricane Ivan on Wednesday as the storm moved closer to landfall. (4min 53sec file)  Play video Ivan in the Gulf As Hurricane Ivan moved into the Gulf of Mexico, this video recorded Tuesday evening aboard the International Space Station shows the storm and spectacular views of the eye. (6min 00sec file)  Play video Ivan over Cuba This video of Hurricane Ivan from the International Space Station was recorded Monday as the storm passed over the western portion of Cuba. (4min 34sec file)  Play video Hurricane Ivan Cameras on the International Space Station see Hurricane Ivan as the orbiting complex flies over the powerful storm on Saturday. (3min 05sec file)  Play video Friday's Genesis update On Friday, Sept. 10, officials hold a news conference from Utah to update reporters on the recovery operations to salvage the Genesis sample return mission. (44min 47sec file)  Play audio Genesis recovered Workers recover the Genesis solar wind samples from the impact crater and take the equipment into a facility for examination. (2min 08sec file)  Play video Tour of KSC hurricane damage Martin Wilson, manager of the Thermal Protection System Facility, gives a tour of the highly damaged building at Kennedy Space Center in the wake of Hurricane Frances. (2min 31sec file)  Play video Inside the VAB Go inside Kennedy Space Center's hurricane-battered Vehicle Assembly Building and also see the damage to the 52-story tall facility's roof. (2min 51sec file)  Play video Post-impact news briefing Officials hold a post-landing news conference in Utah a couple hours after Genesis returned to Earth on Sept. 8. (40min 52sec file)  Play video Capsule first spotted Powerful tracking cameras spot the Genesis capsule for the first time a couple hundred thousand feet above Earth, prompting applause in the control centers. But just moments later, that joy turned to heartbreak. (1min 02sec file)  Play video Genesis crash lands The Genesis sample return capsule tumbles through the sky and impacts the desert floor in Utah after its speed-slowing chute and parafoil failed to deploy for a mid-air recovery by a helicopter. (2min 29sec file)  Play video Slow-motion This slow-motion video shows the Genesis capsule slamming into the ground. (1min 06sec file)  Play video Aerial views of crater Aerial views show the Genesis capsule half buried in the Utah desert floor after its landing system suffered a failure. (1min 53sec file)  Play video Recovery helicopters The primary and backup recovery helicopters take off with escort from a Blackhawk in preparation for the mid-air retrieval of Genesis. (1min 01sec file)  Play video The original plan Animation shows how the Genesis spacecraft was supposed to return. Expert narration provided by JPL entry, descent and landing expert Rob Manning. (5min 29sec file)  Play video Tuesday's hurricane news briefing The Kennedy Space Center director and 45th Space Wing commander from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station hold a news conference Tuesday to describe damage from Hurricane Frances. (46min 15sec file)  Play audio Footage of KSC damage This movie takes you on a tour of hurricane damage to Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, shuttle tile manufacturing facility and press site. (3min 11sec file)  Play video KSC damage report Director of the Kennedy Space Center, Jim Kennedy, briefs reporters on the initial hurricane damage inspections at the spaceport on Monday, Sept. 6. (24min 00sec file)  Play audio Spacewalk highlights This movie captues the highlights from the fourth spacewalk by space station Expedition 9 commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Mike Fincke. (3min 33sec file)  Play video Preview of ISS spacewalk NASA mission managers preview the upcoming fourth and final spacewalk by the Expedition 9 crew aboard the international space station. (50min 01sec file)  Play video Shuttles prepped for Frances Workers close the payload bay doors, retract the landing gear and secure NASA's space shuttles in hangars at Kennedy Space Center to ride out Hurricane Frances. (3min 48sec file)  Play video Station pieces bagged Modules and equipment awaiting launch to the International Space Station are covered with bags inside the processing facility at Kennedy Space Center as added protection from Hurricane Frances. (51sec file)  Play video Atlas blasts off Lockheed Martin's last Atlas 2AS rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft. (3min 59sec file)  Play video Salute to pad 36A The Atlas launch team in the Complex 36 Blockhouse celebrate the history of pad 36A in a post-launch toast. The Atlas 2AS rocket flight was the last to launch from the pad, which entered service in 1962. (2min 09sec file)  Play video Mission success The classified NRO payload is deployed from the Centaur upper stage to successfully complete the launch. (1min 56sec file)  Play video Hurricane Frances An external camera aboard the International Space Station captured this dramatic view of Hurricane Frances churning in the Atlantic Ocean. (4min 46sec file)  Play video Planet discovery A team of planet-hunters announce their discovery of a new class of planets beyond our solar system at this NASA news conference on Tuesday, August 31. (52min 49sec file)  Play video Monday's Atlas scrub Stormy weather over Cape Canaveral caused the launch of the Atlas 2AS rocket to be scrubbed on August 30. (44sec file)  Play video Atlas launch preview Preview the launch of Lockheed Martin's Atlas 2AS rocket carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft with this narrated animation package. (2min 22sec file)  Play video Sunday's Atlas scrub Unacceptable weather conditions force the Atlas rocket's countdown to be stopped at T-minus 90 seconds on August 29. (1min 36sec file)  Play video Saturday's Atlas scrub A shortage of liquid oxygen caused by a mis-configured valve prompts Lockheed Martin to scrub the August 28 attempt to launch the final Atlas 2AS rocket from Cape Canaveral. (1min 26sec file)  Play video Space shuttle update NASA's William Readdy, Space Operations associate administrator and Bill Parsons, space shuttle program manager, provide a status report on returning the shuttles to flight in this teleconference with reporters held on the one-year anniversary since the CAIB report was issued. (37min 35sec file)  Play audio Station update To mark one year since the publication of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board final report, William Gerstenmaier, International Space Station program manager, updates the news media on the status of the project. (42min 41sec file)  Play audio Titan 4 rollout The Titan 4 rocket emerges from the Solid Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility at Cape Canaveral at about 5:45 a.m. August 25 for rollout to the Complex 40 pad. (3min 58sec file)  Play video On the launch pad Riding on its mobile launching platform, the Titan 4 rocket arrives at the pad just before sunrise. (5min 22sec file)  Play video Sunrise over Titan 4 As dawn breaks over Cape Canaveral, these daylight scenes show the Titan 4 on Complex 40 in preparation for the final Florida launch of this heavy-lift rocket. (2min 11sec file)  Play video Return of Genesis NASA's Genesis spacecraft will return to Earth on Sept. 8 with a capsule containing samples collected of solar wind. Officials preview the dramatic homecoming in this news conference. (50min 50sec file)  Play video Shuttle engine tested One of the three liquid-fueled main engines that will power Discovery into orbit during the space shuttle return-to-flight mission is test-fired at Stennis Space Center. (2min 57sec file)  Play video Delta 4-Heavy preview Preview what a Boeing Delta 4 rocket launch will be like with this animation package of a "Heavy" configuration vehicle. (1min 41sec file)  Play video Rover's stuck RAT A problem with the Opportunity rover's Rock Abrasion Tool is explained in detailed by JPL mission manager Chris Salvo. (4min 14sec file)  Play video New water clues Spirit's examination of rock outcropping at Gusev Crater has yielded new clues about the history of water there, as explained by Doug Ming, a rover science team member from Johnson Space Center. (5min 59sec file)  Play video Spirit on a hill A stunning new picture from the Mars rover Spirit taken from the hillside shows the sweeping plains of Gusev and the crater's rim on the distant horizon. Expert narration is provided by Steve Squyres, the rover lead scientist. (1min 22sec file)  Play video Update on Opportunity Steve Squyres, the rover lead scientist, descibes Opportunity's ongoing work inside Endurance Crater and narrates new pictures that includes clouds moving across the Martian sky. (5min 50sec file)  Play video Aug. 18 Mars briefing Scientists and mission officials explain the latest findings and exploration by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers during this news conference on August 18. (49min 40sec file)  Play video Ship docks to station The Russian Progress 15P resupply ship makes a fully automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station. An external camera on the craft provides this view of the final approach to the aft port of the Zvezda service module. (3min 49sec file)  Play video Hurricane Charley A camera aboard the International Space Station captured this stunning view of the strengthening Hurricane Charley on the morning of August 12. (1min 32sec file)  Play video Tropical Storm Bonnie As Tropical Storm Bonnie comes ashore in the Florida panhandle on the morning of August 12, the International Space Station provides this view as it the orbiting outpost flies overhead. (1min 40sec file)  Play video Reentry seen from space An incredibly rare sight was captured by the International Space Station cameras when the discarded Progress 14P supply ship reentered Earth's atmosphere. The craft burned up during the fiery plunge, which is visible as a long streak below the station. (3min 49sec file)  Play video Earth as backdrop Spectacular video of the departing Progress 14P cargo ship against the Earth backdrop is captured by the station's crew. (1min 34sec file)  Play video Progress undocking The Russian Progress 14P cargo ship undocks from the International Space Station after delivering its load of supplies and fuel to the orbiting outpost. A camera mounted on the craft's nose provides this view of the Progress departing the aft port of the Zvezda service module. (2min 15sec file)  Play video Proton lofts Amazonas A Russian Proton M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Amazonas communications satellite that will serve the Americas and Europe. (2min 25sec file)  Play video Proton preview This narrated animation profiles the mission of a Proton rocket launching the Amazonas communications satellite. (2min 27sec file)  Play video Rocket rollout The fully assembled Proton rocket is rolled to launch pad for its flight to place the Amazonas spacecraft into orbit. (41sec file)  Play video MESSENGER lifts off The Boeing Delta 2-Heavy rocket launches at 2:16 a.m. EDT carrying the NASA's MESSENGER space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (5min 23sec file)  Play video Cocoa Beach view The Cocoa Beach tracking camera site captured this beautiful view of the launch and separation of the ground-ignited solid rocket boosters. (1min 31sec file)  Play video Next station crew Expedition 10 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov discuss their planned six-month mission on the space station. (11min 23sec file)  Play video Station crew set for EVA Space station officials brief the news media on the continuing mission of the Expedition 9 crew and the plan for an upcoming spacewalk. (58min 42sec file)  Play video Welcome back to Earth The Apollo 11 astronauts are retrieved from their capsule and welcomed back to Earth by President Richard Nixon. (2min 04sec file)  Play video Apollo 11 returns Apollo 11 safely returns to Earth, making a parachute-assisted splashdown in the ocean. (3min 57sec file)  Play video MESSENGER preview Mission officials and scientists preview the flight of NASA's MESSENGER space probe to orbit the planet Mercury during this news conference. (41min 36sec file)  Play video Apollo 11 moonwalk Armstrong and Aldrin gather lunar samples and conduct experiments during their moonwalk. (2min 27sec file)  Play video Moon landing explained The Apollo 11 astronauts narrate footage of their historic landing on the moon and describe the technical details of the descent. (22min 02sec file)  Play video Leaving the moon The Eagle lunar module returns to the orbiting command module and the Apollo 11 astronauts head back to Earth. (5min 33sec file)  Play video Nixon calls the moon President Richard Nixon calls Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to congratulate the astronauts following their successful landing on the moon. (1min 29sec file)  Play video Anniversary celebration The Apollo 11 astronauts and other dignitaries hold a special 35th anniversary celebration in Washington on July 20. Hear from Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins, Walter Cronkite, NASA Administrator O'Keefe and others. (76min 12sec file)  Play video Heading for landing The "Eagle" lunar lander undocks from the "Columbia" command module in preparation for landing. (1min 21sec file)  Play video The Eagle has landed! The Apollo 11 spacecraft "Eagle" lands on the moon 35 years ago, delivering Armstrong and Aldrin. (2min 04sec file)  Play video Walking on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step foot on the surface of the moon on July 20 1969, forever changing history. (11min 17sec file)  Play video Shuttle engine test One of the liquid-fueled main engines that will power space shuttle Discovery on the return-to-flight mission next spring is test-fired at NASA's Stennis Space Center. (1min 56sec file)  Play video Cronkite interview Famed CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite recalls the Apollo 11 mission in this interview on NASA Television. (3min 15sec file)  Play video Apollo 11 crew interview An interview with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin takes viewers in a retrospective through the Apollo 11 mission. (30min 39sec file)  Play video Mission animation 1960's animation provides this overview of the Saturn 5 rocket and the Apollo 11 mission from launch through return to Earth. Narration is provided. (2min 43sec file)  Play video The rocket view Film footage from onboard the Saturn 5 rocket captures with stunning beauty the separation of the first stage and a short adapter ring with the blue Earth as backdrop. (1min 36sec file)  Play video Launch of Apollo 11 On this 35th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, re-live the thrilling launch as the astronauts depart Earth for their lunar voyage. (9min 01sec file)  Play video Crew's launch preps The three astronauts don their spacesuits and head for the launch pad in the final hours before liftoff of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. (3min 53sec file)  Play video Thrust to the Moon This NASA film from July 1965 entitled "Thrust to the Moon" looks at the work to develop the Saturn 5 launcher and the Apollo spacecraft. (4min 30sec file)  Play video Apollo Saturn A detailed look at development of the Saturn 5 rocket is captured in this NASA film from October 1967 entitled "The Next Giant Leap: Apollo Saturn." (13min 53sec file)  Play video Aura lifts off The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches NASA's Aura atmospheric research satellite July 15 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This movie following the flight from liftoff through ignition of the second stage and jettison of the payload fairing with ground cameras and infrared trackers. (5min 12sec file)  Play video Aura deployed The Aura spacecraft is deployed from the Delta 2 rocket 64 minutes after liftoff while flying over Africa. (59sec file)  Play video Aura launch director This is an interview with NASA launch director Chuck Dovale following the successful launch of Aura aboard the Delta 2 rocket. (2min 48sec file)  Play video Titan up close Scientists reveal stunning pictures of Saturn's moon Titan and other results during this news conference from July 3. (38min 17sec file)  Play video Saturn ring pictures Cassini's stunning close-up images of the rings around Saturn, taken just after the craft entered orbit Thursday morning, are presented with expert narration by Carolyn Porco, the mission imaging team leader. 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Below are some recent stories enhanced with Spaceflight Now Plus video content. Become a subscriber today! International Space Station receives cargo vessel A Russian cargo-delivery freighter safely docked to the International Space Station Wednesday, ferrying more than two tons of supplies and equipment for the outpost and its resident crew.    FULL STORY Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: CARGO SHIP AND STATION RENDEZVOUS IN SPACE QT VIDEO: THE PROGRESS VEHICLE FLIES AROUND THE STATION QT VIDEO: DOCKING AS SEEN FROM CAMERA ON THE PROGRESS QT VIDEO: 10-MINUTE MOVIE OF APPROACHING AND DOCKING QT SUBSCRIBE NOW NASA budget proposal kills Hubble repair mission President George W. Bush's proposed 2006 budget would give NASA a modest funding increase, but would cancel a proposed robotic servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope as well as a nuclear-powered spacecraft to explore the moons of Jupiter.    FULL STORY    O'KEEFE STATEMENT    DOWNLOAD THE FULL BUDGET DOCUMENT Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: NEWS CONFERENCE ON NASA'S 2006 BUDGET REQUEST QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Last Atlas 3 rocket launches a pair of spy satellites While its liftoff was hidden by a dense blanket of fog draped over Cape Canaveral's Complex 36 Thursday morning, the last Lockheed Martin Atlas 3 rocket flew into the history books in fine style as it successfully launched two formation-flying spy satellites probably meant to track enemy ships at sea.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: FINAL ATLAS 3 ROCKET BLASTS OFF QT VIDEO: DRAMATIC ONBOARD CAMERA VIEW OF STAGING QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlas rocket workers say goodbye to Complex 36 After heart-felt speeches and toasts to say goodbye to the launch site that Atlas-Centaur rockets have called their Cape Canaveral home since the 1960s, the spotlights shining on Complex 36 were turned off in a ceremony following's Thursday's liftoff.    FULL STORY    FALCON ROCKETS TO USE COMPLEX 36 Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: FAREWELL CEREMONY TO COMPLEX 36 DIAL-UP | BROADBAND AUDIO: FAREWELL CEREMONY TO COMPLEX 36 FOR IPOD SUBSCRIBE NOW Spacewalkers spot residue around vent ports Spacewalkers Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov have spotted a residue of some sort on and around a trio of vent ports on the exterior of the Russian command module Zvezda that might shed light on past problems with the space station's air rejuvenation system.    FULL STORY    PREVIEW STORY Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SUCCESSFUL SPACEWALK QT VIDEO: SPACEWALK PREVIEW NEWS BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND SUBSCRIBE NOW Titan forecast calls for rain, Huygens data shows Liquid methane apparently falls like rain on Saturn's smog-shrouded moon Titan, washing down icy channels that ultimately spill into broad lakebeds dotted with ice islands and shoals, according to the latest data from Europe's Huygens probe. While the spacecraft did not detect any standing pools of liquefied natural gas in its immediate area, the data indicate rainfall is common on Titan and that liquid methane is present within a few inches of its surface.    FULL STORY Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: FRIDAY'S PHOTO & SCIENCE BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND SUBSCRIBE NOW Surface of Saturn's moon Titan revealed in color Tired and weary after a sleepless night spent sorting through their data, scientists on Saturday unveiled more pictures returned from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan Friday.    PHOTO: TITAN IN COLOR    PHOTO: SIZES OF SURFACE FEATURES    PHOTO: OVERHEAD VIEW OF TERRAIN    PHOTO: MOSAIC OF MANY IMAGES    MISSION STATUS CENTER Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: THE NEW PICTURES PRESENTED WITH EXPERT NARRATION QT VIDEO: LISTEN TO SOUNDS FROM HUYGENS WITH NARRATION QT AUDIO: LISTEN TO SOUNDS FROM HUYGENS WITH NARRATION FOR IPOD VIDEO: RESULTS FROM HUYGENS' SURFACE SCIENCE PACKAGE QT VIDEO: CHIEF SCIENTIST EXPLAINS COMMUNICATIONS ERROR QT VIDEO: SATURDAY PHOTO & SCIENCE BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND AUDIO: SATURDAY PHOTO & SCIENCE BRIEFING FOR IPOD SUBSCRIBE NOW European probe becomes Titan's first visitor The European Space Agency's ambitious Huygens probe descended to Saturn's moon Titan Friday, becoming the first spacecraft to touch the mysterious world's surface. Titan is believed to resemble conditions of a young Earth. A mission scientist says the first picture released shows what could be drainage channels flowing to a possible shoreline.    FULL STORY    SEE FIRST PICTURES    ONE DATA CHANNEL LOST    CASSINI RELAYS THE DATA    HUYGENS MISSION ENDS    PROBE PHONES HOME    LANDING PREVIEW STORY Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: THE FIRST PICTURE FROM HUYGENS IS REVEALED QT VIDEO: OFFICIALS OFFER THOUGHTS AFTER SEEING PICTURE QT VIDEO: HUYGENS POST-LANDING BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND AUDIO: HUYGENS POST-LANDING BRIEFING FOR IPOD VIDEO: STATUS REPORT DURING DESCENT DIAL-UP | BROADBAND AUDIO: MISSION STATUS REPORT DURING DESCENT FOR IPOD VIDEO: HUYGENS PRE-ARRIVAL NEWS BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND AUDIO: HUYGENS PRE-ARRIVAL NEWS BRIEFING FOR IPOD VIDEO: OVERVIEW OF HUYGENS PROBE'S SCIENCE OBJECTIVES QT VIDEO: JULY NEWS BRIEFING ON CASSINI'S PICTURES OF TITAN QT VIDEO: PICTURES SHOWING TITAN SURFACE FROM OCT. FLYBY QT VIDEO: WHAT'S KNOWN ABOUT TITAN BEFORE THE FIRST FLYBY QT VIDEO: NARRATED MOVIE OF CLOUDS MOVING NEAR SOUTH POLE QT VIDEO: OCT. BRIEFING ON RADAR IMAGES OF TITAN SURFACE QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Probe launched to smack heart of wandering comet Look out Comet Tempel 1, here comes Deep Impact! A washing machine-sized projectile tucked inside its mothership spacecraft launched from Earth Wednesday on a 268-million-mile collision course that promises to create spectacular July Fourth fireworks when the 820-pound copper-tipped bullet smashes into the comet's frigid heart.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER    PHOTO GALLERY: SERVICE TOWER ROLLBACK    PHOTO GALLERY: ROCKET AT SUNRISE Video coverage for subscribers only: VIDEO: DEEP IMPACT BLASTS OFF ATOP DELTA 2 ROCKET QT VIDEO: LONGER-DURATION MOVIE OF TODAY'S LAUNCH QT VIDEO: LAUNCH AS SEEN FROM THE CAPE PRESS SITE QT VIDEO: WIDER-ANGLE LAUNCH VIEW FROM PRESS SITE QT VIDEO: COCOA BEACH TRACKING CAMERA VIDEO OF LAUNCH QT VIDEO: TRACKER POSITIONED NORTH OF THE LAUNCH PAD QT VIDEO: PLAYALINDA BEACH TRACKING CAMERA VIEW QT VIDEO: CLOSE-UP VIEW OF ENGINE IGNITION QT VIDEO: MOBILE SERVICE TOWER ROLLED BACK BEFORE DAWN QT VIDEO: NARRATION OF DEEP IMPACT'S PRE-LAUNCH CAMPAIGN QT VIDEO: ON-PAD ASSEMBLY OF ROCKET SHOWN WITH NARRATION QT VIDEO: TUESDAY'S PRE-LAUNCH NEWS UPDATE DIAL-UP | BROADBAND VIDEO: SCIENCE BRIEFING ON EVE OF LAUNCH DIAL-UP | BROADBAND VIDEO: OVERVIEW OF NASA'S DEEP IMPACT MISSION QT VIDEO: LEAD RESEARCHER PREVIEWS DEEP IMPACT SCIENCE QT VIDEO: WATCH DEEP IMPACT PRE-FLIGHT NEWS BRIEFING QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Mars Exploration Rovers: Full video coverage NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have begun their missions on the Red Planet to search for evidence of past water. All of our comprehensive coverage is found at the mission index:    FULL COVERAGE Jeanne 'kindler, gentler' to KSC than Frances The Kennedy Space Center suffered additional wind and water damage from Hurricane Jeanne, but officials said Monday the spaceport never experienced hurricane-force winds and that Frances caused considerably more damage.    FULL STORY    HURRICANE STATUS CENTER - updates Additional coverage for subscribers: AUDIO: MONDAY'S HURRICANE DAMAGE NEWS CONFERENCE QT VIDEO: HURRICANE JEANNE AS SEEN FROM THE SPACE STATION QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Massive merger of galaxies is most powerful on record An international team of scientists announced Thursday they observed a nearby head-on collision of two galaxy clusters. The clusters smashed together thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars. It is one of the most powerful events ever witnessed. Such collisions are second only to the Big Bang in total energy output.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: AUDIO: LISTEN TO NEWS BRIEFING ANNOUNCING THIS DISCOVERY QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Scientists optimistic about salvaging Genesis mission Two days after a spacecraft carrying samples of the solar wind crashed into the Utah desert, scientists are increasingly optimistic about accomplishing most, if not all, of the mission's primary science objectives.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: AUDIO: FRIDAY'S STATUS NEWS CONFERENCE QT VIDEO: WORKERS INSPECT THE SCIENCE CANISTER QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Genesis space capsule crashes back to Earth A small spacecraft carrying priceless samples of the sun crashed into the Utah desert Wednesday when its stabilizing parachute failed to deploy, bringing an innovative $264 million mission, NASA's first sample return flight since the Apollo moonshots, to a disappointing end.    FULL STORY - updated!    MISSION STATUS CENTER    LAUNCH COVERAGE FROM 2001 Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: POST-LANDING NEWS CONFERENCE QT VIDEO: TRACKING CAMERAS FIRST SPOT CAPSULE DURING DESCENT QT VIDEO: GENESIS CAPSULE TUMBLES TO A HIGH-SPEED IMPACT QT VIDEO: SLOW-MOTION VIEW OF CAPSULE SLAMMING INTO GROUND QT VIDEO: AERIAL VIEWS OF CAPSULE HALF BURIED IN IMPACT CRATER QT VIDEO: RECOVERY HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF EARLIER TODAY QT VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION SHOWS ORIGINAL RETURN PLAN QT VIDEO: GENESIS PRE-RETURN NEWS CONFERENCE QT VIDEO: TUESDAY'S STATUS BRIEFING FROM UTAH QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Kennedy Space Center damage estimate updated The Kennedy Space Center, reeling from widespread wind and water damage caused by Hurricane Frances, will remain closed to normal work until Monday at the earliest while engineers complete a detailed damage assessment. Updating initial damage reports, the center director said Tuesday the Vehicle Assembly Building lost large areas of side paneling, leaving gaping "windows" into the building's interior that are open to the elements.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: AUDIO: TUESDAY'S KSC/CCAFS HURRICANE DAMAGE NEWS BRIEFING QT VIDEO: FOOTAGE OF DAMAGE AROUND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Cape battered by Hurricane Frances; Ivan threatens Hurricane Frances battered the Kennedy Space Center with sustained winds of more than 70 mph, ripping off an estimated 40,000 square feet of siding on the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building and partially destroying the roof of a critical heat shield tile facility needed for NASA's shuttle return to flight effort.    FULL STORY [Posted: Monday]    HURRICANE UPDATES Additional coverage for subscribers: AUDIO: KSC DIRECTOR GIVES INITIAL DAMAGE REPORT ON MONDAY QT VIDEO: SHUTTLE FLEET PREPARED FOR FRANCES QT VIDEO: SPACE STATION COMPONENTS BAGGED QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Space station residents complete spacewalk Space station commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Michael Fincke staged a five-hour 21-minute spacewalk Friday, successfully installing a new coolant system component and three antennas that unmanned European cargo craft will use for future dockings.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: HIGHLIGHTS OF FRIDAY'S STATION SPACEWALK QT VIDEO: PREVIEW BRIEFING ON THE EVA QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlas 2 rocket retires with remarkable record Lockheed Martin's Atlas 2 family of boosters rocketed into retirement Tuesday, placing a classified U.S. national security satellite into space following a sunset sendoff from Cape Canaveral.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: FINAL ATLAS 2AS ROCKET BLASTS OFF QT VIDEO: NRO PAYLOAD IS DEPLOYED FROM CENTAUR UPPER STAGE QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Launch team salutes Cape's pad 36A after final liftoff It was the starting point for dozens of commercial communications satellites, military spacecraft and pioneering space probes, including the first man-made object to journey outside our solar system. But after 42 years of Atlas rocket launches, pad 36A saw its final blastoff Tuesday night.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: LAUNCH TEAM SALUTES PAD 36A AFTER ITS LAST LAUNCH QT VIDEO: WEATHER SCRUBS MONDAY'S COUNTDOWN QT VIDEO: PREVIEW THIS ATLAS LAUNCH WITH NARRATED ANIMATION QT VIDEO: SUNDAY'S COUNTDOWN IS HALTED AT T-90 SECONDS QT VIDEO: SATURDAY'S COUNTDOWN IS SCRUBBED QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Scientists discover a new class of extrasolar planets Astronomers have announced the first discovery of a new class of planets beyond our solar system about 10 to 20 times the size of Earth - far smaller than any previously detected. The planets make up a class of Neptune-sized extrasolar planets.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: WATCH TUESDAY'S PLANET DISCOVERY NEWS CONFERENCE QT SUBSCRIBE NOW History-making Titan 4 rocket put on the pad By the time the sun rose over Cape Canaveral Wednesday a bittersweet moment had finally arrived for hundreds of workers as the final Titan 4 rocket to fly from the Florida spaceport reached its launch pad.    FULL STORY    SEE OUR TITAN ARCHIVE Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: TITAN 4 ROCKET EMERGES FROM ASSEMBLY BUILDING QT VIDEO: THE ROCKET ARRIVES AT COMPLEX 40 BEFORE DAWN QT VIDEO: VIEWS OF THE TITAN 4 ON THE PAD AFTER SUNRISE QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Final engine test-fired for shuttle return to flight Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi have successfully tested what's expected to be the last of three Space Shuttle Main Engines that will carry the next shuttle into orbit.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE IS TEST-FIRED QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Delta 4-Heavy rocket to take maiden flight in Oct. A new launch date has been selected for the delayed demonstration flight of Boeing's massive Delta 4-Heavy rocket that will carry a satellite simulator and two tiny nanosats.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: ANIMATION PROVIDES PREVIEW OF DELTA 4-HEAVY LAUNCH QT SUBSCRIBE NOW International Space Station receives resupply ship A three-ton shipment of supplies safely arrived at the International Space Station early Saturday as an unmanned Russian cargo ship made a fully automated rendezvous and docking to the orbiting outpost 225 miles above Earth.    DOCKING STORY    LAUNCH STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: PROGRESS 15P CARGO SHIP DOCKS TO STATION QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Proton rocket deploys communications satellite The Amazonas communications spacecraft that will serve Spanish and Portuguese speaking residents on both sides of the Atlantic was successfully launched aboard a commercial Russian Proton rocket Thursday morning.    MISSION STATUS CENTER Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: PROTON ROCKET LIFTS OFF WITH AMAZONAS QT VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION PREVIEWING THE LAUNCH QT VIDEO: ROCKET ROLLED TO THE LAUNCH PAD QT SUBSCRIBE NOW Probe leaves Earth on voyage to orbit Mercury A Boeing Delta 2 rocket roared to life August 3 and climbed into space, launching NASA's ambitious MESSENGER probe on a round-about six-and-a-half-year voyage to Mercury, a $427 million quest to fill in one of the most glaring blanks in planetary exploration.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER    OUR PREVIEW STORY    LAUNCH EVENTS TIMELINE    GROUND TRACK MAP Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: DELTA 2 ROCKET BLASTS OFF WITH MESSENGER QT VIDEO: CLOSE-UP VIEW OF MAIN ENGINE IGNITION QT VIDEO: UMBILICAL TOWER CAMERA VIDEO OF LIFTOFF QT VIDEO: FIERY BLASTOFF AS CAPTURED BY PAD CAMERA QT VIDEO: LIFTOFF AS SEEN FROM PLAYALINDA BEACH QT VIDEO: LAUNCH AS SEEN FROM CAPE'S PRESS SITE 1 QT VIDEO: COCOA BEACH TRACKING CAMERA LAUNCH VIDEO QT VIDEO: VIEW FROM ALTERNATE PRESS VIEWING LOCATION QT VIDEO: POWERFUL TRACKING CAMERA OFFERS THIS ANGLE QT VIDEO: CLOSE-UP VIEW OF BOOSTER NOZZLES DURING ASCENT QT VIDEO: POST-FLIGHT INTERVIEW WITH NASA LAUNCH MANAGER QT VIDEO: SERVICE TOWER ROLLED BACK FOR SECOND COUNTDOWN QT VIDEO: BAD WEATHER SCRUBS MONDAY'S LAUNCH ATTEMPT QT VIDEO: WEATHER OFFICER GIVES FORECAST FOR TUESDAY QT VIDEO: MESSENGER'S LAUNCH CAMPAIGN SHOWN WITH NARRATION QT VIDEO: DELTA 2 ROCKET IS ASSEMBLED ON THE LAUNCH PAD