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VideoOTD…Sept. 29 and STS-26
#OTD in 1988...Discovery returned Americans to space after the Challenger accident
VideoOTD…Sept. 25 and STS-86
#OTD in 1997...Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia's space station Mir
VideoOTD…Sept. 12 and STS-48, 47 and 51
#OTD in 1991, 1992 and 1993...flights by Discovery and Endeavour
VideoOTD…Sept. 9 and STS-64 and STS-115
#OTD in 1994...Discovery launched to develop new techniques for monitoring Earth's environment from space...and in 2006...Construction of the space station resumed as Atlantis delivered a power-generating truss
VideoOTD…Sept. 8 and STS-106
#OTD in 2000...Atlantis launched on a mission to make the International Space Station a home in orbit
VideoOTD…Sept. 7 and STS-69
#OTD in 1995...Endeavour launched to deploy and retrieve solar satellite and Wake Shield Facility
VideoRecap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignment
In a breath-taking display at daybreak Wednesday, an Atlas rocket powered an enormous U.S. Navy satellite into space to close the last remaining gap and give global reach to the military's new mobile communications system.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Navy's Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
VideoAtlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from Cape Canaveral these days, the mighty vehicle was rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad Monday for Wednesday's early morning blastoff.