The Mission Rocket: Ariane 5GS Payloads: Insat 4A and MSG 2 Date: December 21, 2005 Window: 2233-2301 GMT (5:33-6:01 p.m. EST) Site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana Spaceflight Now + Premium video content for our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. Science of New Horizons The first robotic space mission to visit the distant planet Pluto and frozen objects in the Kuiper Belt is explained by the project's managers and scientists in this NASA news conference from the agency's Washington headquarters on Dec. 19.  Dial-up | Broadband Shuttle program update Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for space operations, discusses the latest space shuttle program news, including the decision to remove the PAL foam ramp from future external fuel tanks, during this December 15 teleconference with reporters.  QuickTime | For iPod Remembering Gemini 6 The Gemini 6 mission launched from the Cape at 8:37 a.m. December 15, 1965 to rendezvous with the orbiting Gemini 7 spacecraft. The rendezvous occurred and Gemini 6 safely returned to Earth.  Play video New views of icy moons NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn is wrapping up a phenomenally successful year of observing the mysterious icy moons, including Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion and Iapetus.  Play video First ISS spacewalkers Mission Control remembers the spacewalking efforts by astronaut Jerry Ross and Jim Newman from this week in 1998. The duo worked to connect the first two pieces of the International Space Station -- the Russian-made Zarya control module and the U.S Unity node.  Play video Mars rover panoramas New panoramas from NASA's long-lasting Mars Exploration Rovers show the view from the Columbia Hills where Spirit continues its adventure and the strange landscape at Meridiani Planum where Opportunity is driving southward.  Spirit | Opportunity Hubble Space Telescope Scientists marvel at the achievements made by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in this produced movie looking at the crown jewel observatory that has served as our window on the universe.  Play video Become a subscriber More video		BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW Follow the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Insat 4A and MSG 2 spacecraft. Reload this page for the latest on the mission.