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Cygnus sections arrive in Florida for next space station cargo launch
Elements of the next U.S. commercial cargo-delivery trip to the International Space Station are coming together at Kennedy Space Center for the planned March 10 liftoff.

2016 manifest preview: United Launch Alliance’s busy year ahead
Some of America's most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016.

U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumes
The astronauts living aboard the International Space Station snagged a free-flying commercial cargo ship filled with a bounty of supplies and new science this morning, pulling the vessel aboard as the two craft flew in formation 252 miles above the world.

Photos: Cygnus up, up and away aboard Atlas 5
More photos show the successful liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft for Orbital ATK and the International Space Station.

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket aims for International Space Station
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo-delivery spacecraft for the International Space Station.

Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space station
Bound for an orbital rendezvous with the International Space Station on Wednesday, a commercial Cygnus freighter was successfully launched by an Atlas 5 rocket Sunday to restart American cargo deliveries to the research outpost.

Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on space station cargo mission
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Orbital ATK's commercial Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Photos: Nightfall at Cape Canaveral on eve of Atlas launch to space station
These photos were taken on Wednesday, Dec. 2, approximately 24 hours before the scheduled liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 with Orbital ATK's commercial Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
After three frustrating days of weather delays, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:44 p.m. EST (2144 GMT) today to send Orbital ATK's commercial Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station.

Video: Atlas/Cygnus pre-launch news conference
This is the pre-launch news conference held Dec. 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for liftoff of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus cargo ship aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the International Space Station.