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May 19, 2026

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[ May 15, 2026 ] NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon mission with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the space station Falcon 9
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[ May 11, 2026 ] SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office Falcon 9

Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch pad

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

Take a trip around the perimeter of the Ariane 5 rocket’s launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, where two Intelsat communications satellites are poised for liftoff Wednesday.

Photos: European rocket treks to launch pad with U.S. satellites

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

Two U.S.-built commercial communications satellites moved to their last stop on Earth on Tuesday, when an Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the edge of the Amazon jungle on the eve of liftoff.

Photos: Ariane 5 hitched to tug for rollout to the launch pad

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

A day before blastoff with two Intelsat communications satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled into position on its launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday behind a 540-horsepower Titan truck, and these close-up snapshots show technicians preparing for the journey.

Video: Walk around NASA’s new asteroid sample probe

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

Take a walk around NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft less than three weeks before its Sept. 8 launch on top of an Atlas 5 rocket. Rich Kuhns, the mission’s program manager from Lockheed Martin, points out some of the major features on the probe.

Photos: OSIRIS-REx prepped for encapsulation

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to be sealed inside the nose fairing of its Atlas 5 rocket booster for a seven-year voyage to asteroid Bennu and back to Earth on a mission to seek out clues to the origin of life and the chaotic early solar system.

One of NASA’s cleanest spacecraft ever is ready to fly

August 23, 2016 Stephen Clark

Five years after winning $1 billion from NASA to mount the first U.S. asteroid sample return mission, scientists and engineers will get their last look at the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft this week as it is closed up inside the nose cone of an Atlas 5 rocket for launch in September.

Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch pad

Photos: European rocket treks to launch pad with U.S. satellites

Photos: Ariane 5 hitched to tug for rollout to the launch pad

Video: Walk around NASA’s new asteroid sample probe

Photos: OSIRIS-REx prepped for encapsulation

One of NASA’s cleanest spacecraft ever is ready to fly

Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload

NASA ‘hears’ from lost spacecraft after nearly two years

Space station crew could be cut to five

Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral