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Spending Christmas in space
A Christmas Eve reading from the book of Genesis by the Apollo 8 astronauts -- commander Frank Borman, lunar module pilot Bill Anders and command module pilot Jim Lovell -- from lunar orbit in 1968.
STS-125: Launch of final Hubble servicing call
Atlantis blasted off on May 11, 2009 for the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, a dramatic flight that prepared the iconic observatory for a new revolution of discovery
Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots
With a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking thrust to power away from its seaside launch complex at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT) Sunday with the EchoStar 19 satellite.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite
Launching a high-capacity satellite to beam the Internet into homes across rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon.
Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfully
Marking United Launch Alliance's 12th and last rocket flight in 2016, the Atlas 5 rocket departed Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon carrying EchoStar 19 to provide Internet connectivity across North America.
Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press site
As viewed from the ITL Causeway at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket departs for space with the EchoStar 19 satellite to delivery Internet connectivity across the U.S.
Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans
The world's highest capacity broadband satellite, a craft that will connect rural America to high-speed Internet service, successfully rocketed into space today aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster.
Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes two million pounds of thrust from its main engine and three solid-fuel boosters today to launch the EchoStar 19 commercial Internet broadcast satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with three strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 today for Sunday's launch of the commercial EchoStar 19 communications satellite.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
Putting new technology in the sky that will beam high-speed Internet to rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral today to deploy the commercial EchoStar 19 satellite. Follow the ascent in our live journal.