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December 20, 2025

Breaking News

[ December 20, 2025 ] Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites News
[ December 18, 2025 ] Rocket Lab launches 4 novel DiskSat satellites for U.S. Space Force, NASA Electron
[ December 18, 2025 ] Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as 15th NASA Administrator News
[ December 17, 2025 ] SpaceX flies Starlink mission using Falcon 9 booster flying for a 30th time Falcon 9
[ December 16, 2025 ] SpaceX launches Wednesday morning Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9

Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 mission

February 10, 2016 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-45 spy satellite payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Photos: NROL-45 payload fitted atop Delta 4 for launch

February 9, 2016 Justin Ray

This collection of photographs shows the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-45 payload, already encapsulated in the Delta 4 nose cone, being moved from the payload processing facility at Space Launch Complex 6 and lifted atop the United Launch Alliance rocket for flight from Vandenberg.

OTD…Jan. 31 and Apollo 14

January 31, 2016 Justin Ray

Today in 1971…The launch of Apollo 14 to Fra Mauro with Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell.

OTD…Jan. 28 and STS-51L

January 28, 2016 Justin Ray

Today in 1986…Space shuttle Challenger and her seven astronaut crew were lost during launch.

OTD…Jan. 13 and STS-54

January 13, 2016 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1993…Endeavour launched a new NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

OTD…Jan. 9 and STS-32

January 9, 2016 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1990…Columbia launched to retrieve NASA’s Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on the longest Shuttle flight to date.

Photos: Cargo vessel enclosed in Atlas rocket nose cone

November 20, 2015 Justin Ray

This photo gallery shows the commercial Cygnus cargo resupplier for the International Space Station on Monday at Kennedy Space Center being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing for the planned Dec. 3 liftoff.

OTD…Oct. 30 and STS-61A

October 30, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1985…Challenger launched the first German Spacelab

OTD…Oct. 29 and STS-95

October 29, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1998…Discovery launched John Glenn’s return to space

OTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120

October 23, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2007…Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories