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Weather forecast now 80 percent ‘go’ for Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Meteorologists are anticipating favorable odds of good weather during the countdown to launch an Atlas 5 rocket and U.S. military satellite on Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral.
Video: Highlights of second Expedition 50 spacewalk
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Thomas Pesquet conducting six-hour spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Watch live coverage: American and Frenchman to conduct spacewalk
Expedition 50 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet will head outside the International Space Station today to continue battery replacement work.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 13 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning
Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space.
Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launch
The next satellite for the U.S. military's communications network, this one purchased by five international allies, has arrived in Florida for its launch in March atop a Delta 4 rocket.
Video: Expedition 50 spacewalk highlights
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Peggy Whitson conducting six-hour 32-minute spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 6 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: NASA officials preview space station battery replacement spacewalks
From the Johnson Space Center in Houston, officials from NASA brief reporters on two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station to replace aging batteries in the outpost's power grid.
Fastest ever stacking of Atlas 5 underway for next national security launch
Just two weeks before it flies to space, the core stage of the next Atlas 5 rocket was erected aboard the mobile launcher platform this morning by United Launch Alliance technicians to kick off a streamlined vehicle assembly that will break a record.