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NASA gets budget hike in spending bill passed by Congress

December 14, 2014 Stephen Clark

NASA will receive $18 billion in the federal government’s 2015 budget passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, winning nearly all the funds the agency says it needs this year to develop commercial space capsules to fly astronauts to the International Space Station by the end of 2017.

Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite

December 14, 2014 Stephen Clark

An International Launch Services Proton rocket launched at 7:16 p.m. EST Sunday (0016 GMT Monday) with the Yamal 401 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. The rocket’s Breeze M upper stage will deploy the spacecraft into geostationary orbit about nine hours after liftoff.

Photos: Atlas launch seen from pad cameras

December 14, 2014 Justin Ray

Views of the Dec. 12 launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from up-close remote cameras placed near the booster’s launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine

December 13, 2014 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket put on a display of power, sound and light Friday evening at Vandenberg Air Force Base in launching a clandestine national security payload, then successfully debuted a new upper stage engine as it flew over the horizon.

Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site

December 13, 2014 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two million pounds of thrust at 7:19 p.m. PST (10:19 p.m. EST) on Dec. 12 to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the NROL-35 mission. See photos of the launch from the press viewing site.

NASA gets budget hike in spending bill passed by Congress

Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite

Photos: Atlas launch seen from pad cameras

Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine

Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site

Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5

Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19

Trio of ocean surveillance satellites launched by China

Rosetta raises questions on how water got to Earth

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California