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Good weather expected for twilight Atlas 5 launch Tuesday

November 1, 2020 Stephen Clark

Forecasters predict a 90% chance of good weather for liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral just after sunset Tuesday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency.

Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral scheduled for next week

October 27, 2020 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance teams mounted a top secret payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on top of an Atlas 5 rocket Monday at Cape Canaveral in preparation for a liftoff scheduled just after sunset Nov. 3.

Commander of first piloted Starliner test flight steps down from mission

October 7, 2020 William Harwood

Christopher Ferguson, commander of the final space shuttle flight and now a Boeing executive, has stepped down as commander of the first piloted test flight of the company’s troubled CST-100 Starliner commercial spacecraft, he and Boeing announced Wednesday. He has been replaced by NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore.

Stacking of next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape Canaveral

September 11, 2020 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance technicians positioned the first stage for the next Atlas 5 rocket on a mobile launch platform Friday at Cape Canaveral, a key step in preparations for an October mission that will debut a new solid-fueled booster design.

Coronavirus delays push back launch of next Landsat to September 2021

September 7, 2020 Stephen Clark

The launch of the next Landsat land imaging mission — a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey — has been delayed until around September 2021 after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic slowed work on the spacecraft in Arizona, NASA officials said.

Boeing plans second Starliner test flight in December or January

August 25, 2020 Stephen Clark

Boeing said Tuesday it is “making excellent progress” toward launching a second unpiloted test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station by the end of this year or in early January, setting the stage for the first Starliner demonstration mission with astronauts in mid-2021.

Good weather expected for twilight Atlas 5 launch Tuesday

Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral scheduled for next week

Commander of first piloted Starliner test flight steps down from mission

Stacking of next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape Canaveral

Coronavirus delays push back launch of next Landsat to September 2021

Boeing plans second Starliner test flight in December or January

Video: Rocketcams show Mars-bound rover’s ride into space

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket catapults into space with Mars rover

ULA, SpaceX win contracts to launch satellites for SES in 2022

Mars 2020 spacecraft resumes normal operations after post-launch safe mode