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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket ready to fly with NROL-79 payload
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the eve of Wednesday's NROL-79 satellite-deployment mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Preview: Atlas 5 to provide spacelift for U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Taking a U.S. national security satellite payload into space is the primary objective of the 70th Atlas 5 booster that will be launched Wednesday.
Delta 4 receives communications satellite payload for launch into space
A military communications satellite, built with international funding from Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand, has been stacked atop a Delta 4 rocket to launch into a worldwide information-relay network operated by the U.S.
Commercial space cargo ship’s ride to orbit assembled for March 19 launch
An Atlas 5 booster core and Centaur upper stage have been stacked to launch another commercial freighter with supplies and scientific research gear to the International Space Station next month.
Reconnaissance payload mounted atop Atlas 5 for California launch
Rising from the ground and into the launch pad gantry, a clandestine U.S. national security payload was fitted atop its Atlas 5 booster rocket in California today for the ride into space on March 1.
No imminent X-37B landing planned
The enigmatic X-37B spaceplane, launched into low-Earth orbit on an experimental military mission in 2015, continues to circle the planet despite a flurry of landing rumors.
Teams practice for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of Minotaur 4 rocket
Three inert Peacekeeper missile stages have been stacked at Cape Canaveral's Complex 46 pad, demonstrating the techniques that will be used to assemble a Minotaur 4 rocket to launch an experimental space surveillance satellite this summer.
ULA’s navy delivers rocket that will launch supplies to the space station
The ocean-sailing ship that transports rocket stages from United Launch Alliance's factory to U.S. launch sites completed its latest voyage overnight, pulling into port to deliver the Atlas 5 that will send a cargo freighter to the International Space Station in March.
WorldView 4 high-resolution satellite now open for business in space
Less than three months after rocketing into space, the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imagery satellite has finished in-orbit testing and calibration to begin operations for DigitalGlobe.
Video: 31 years since Challenger tragedy
President Reagan addressed the nation with this speech 31 years ago today, following the loss of the space shuttle Challenger and crew on Jan. 28, 1986.