(Launch webcast begins at 10:10 a.m. EDT)
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the MUOS 5 mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
The man in charge of the Orion crew capsule program at Lockheed Martin is a lifelong veteran of the space program, beginning his tenure at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in the late 1970s before taking posts in Washington and joining Lockheed Martin to lead the company’s work on the nation’s new spacecraft for journeys beyond Earth orbit.
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