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Year: 2015

Atlas 5

Preview: Atlas 5 rocket to launch NASA magnetic field study

March 8, 2015 Justin Ray

A $1.1 billion science investigation involving four formation-flying satellites circling the Earth will share a single Atlas 5 rocket launch Thursday night from Cape Canaveral to probe explosions in the magnetic field with millisecond speed.

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On this date: March 8

March 8, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2001, Discovery launched on STS-102 to exchange crews aboard the International Space Station

Atlas 5

Weather looking acceptable for Atlas launch

March 8, 2015 Justin Ray

The preliminary weather outlook for Thursday night’s Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral is cloudy but optimistic that the vehicle will fly as scheduled.

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SES completes three-satellite procurement with Ariane 5 contract

March 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

SES has selected Arianespace to launch a communications satellite ordered as part of a three-spacecraft procurement announced last month, after assigning the other two payloads for launches aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.

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NASA orders missions to resupply space station in 2017

March 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA has ordered four additional launches to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in 2017 — three from SpaceX and one from Orbital ATK — to cover the research lab’s logistics needs until a new set of resupply contracts take effect.

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Glitch on Curiosity rover traced to drill mechanism

March 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

Officials are assessing how to adjust operations to collect future rock core samples with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover after identifying its drill as the likely source of a short circuit that stopped the rover’s movement in late February.

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Dawn arrives for the first exploration of a dwarf planet

March 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft slipped into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday, ready to examine the largest unexplored world in the inner solar system after traveling 3.1 billion miles from Earth.

Atlas 5

Flight Readiness Review passed for next week’s Atlas 5 launch

March 6, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and NASA’s four MMS satellite probes passed their Flight Readiness Review on Friday that assessed the progress of work and affirmed plans to launch next Thursday night.

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Engineers analyzing short circuit on Mars rover

March 5, 2015 Stephen Clark

A short circuit that halted movement of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is not expected to keep the mobile robot stationary for long, but engineers want to know whether the problem will restrict some future science operations.

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Crunch time: Next Mars lander enters final year before launch

March 4, 2015 Stephen Clark

Wednesday marked one year until the launch of a NASA seismic station to Mars, and scientists believe they have found a suitable operating post for the lander as engineers race to keep the mission on schedule for liftoff in a narrow 26-day window next March.

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News Headlines

  • Rocket Lab delays debut of Neutron rocket to 2026
    November 11, 2025
  • Florida annual launch record broken with late-night Starlink flight
    November 10, 2025
  • Poor weather prevents Blue Origin from launching NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission
    November 8, 2025
  • SpaceX launches Sunday Starlink mission following Saturday scrub
    November 7, 2025
  • Issue with Atlas 5 booster liquid oxygen vent valve causes second scrub of ViaSat-3 F2 launch
    November 6, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    November 6, 2025
  • Atlas booster valve issue scrubs launch of ViaSat-3 F2 satellite
    November 5, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    November 5, 2025
  • President Trump renominates commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator
    November 4, 2025
  • Commercial space station demo, data center precursor launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-4 mission
    November 1, 2025
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