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September 17, 2021

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[ September 17, 2021 ] Live coverage: Chinese astronauts return to Earth Mission Reports
[ September 16, 2021 ] Inspiration4 crew chats with Elon Musk, works through first full day in space Mission Reports
[ September 16, 2021 ] Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission Falcon 9
[ September 16, 2021 ] Shenzhou crew departs Chinese space station, heads for Earth Mission Reports
[ September 15, 2021 ] Photos: Inspiration4’s rocket ready for launch on pad 39A Falcon 9

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches on record-breaking mission

June 1, 2017

An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off Thursday at 2345 GMT (7:45 p.m. EDT), flying from a French Guiana launch pad to geostationary transfer orbit with the ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B communications satellites.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite

January 19, 2015

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fitted with five powerful solid-fueled boosters has lifted off from a seaside launch complex at Cape Canaveral with the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System communications satellite.

Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday

December 8, 2014

The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast is poised for launch Thursday to deliver a secret payload into orbit while debuting a new upper stage engine.

Delta 4-Heavy blasts off with Orion capsule

December 5, 2014

NASA’s inaugural Orion spaceship has set sail on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise around the Earth, leaving port atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and its incandescent power at 7:05 a.m. EST on Dec. 5.

Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad

October 1, 2014

The booster rocket that will launch NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.