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Video: Preview briefing on NASA’s CYGNSS mission to improve hurricane forecasting
Learn about the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System -- NASA's fleet of hurricane-tracking satellites -- launching together on Dec. 12 from Cape Canaveral aboard a Pegasus rocket.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from California at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST; 1830 GMT) today to deliver the sharp-eyed WorldView 4 satellite into space to collect best-in-the-industry, 31-centimeter-resolution commercial imagery for retail. Follow the mission in our live journal.
Preview: Atlas 5 and WorldView 4 ready to fly after wildfire delay
The belated launch of a powerful Earth-imaging satellite that will take the highest resolution pictures in the market, postponed by an unprecedented wildfire near the pad, is scheduled to fly on Friday.
Timeline: Atlas 5/WorldView 4 ascent profile
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket's ascent into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST; 1830 GMT).
Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation's meteorology capability.
Video360 virtual reality: WorldView 4 launch animation
DigitalGlobe's 360 virtual reality preview of Friday's WorldView 4 satellite launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Atlas 5 rocket to launch space station cargo delivery mission in March
Calling on the Atlas 5 rocket to flex its muscles one more time, Orbital ATK will partner with United Launch Alliance once again to send a massive load of supplies to the International Space Station astronauts early next year.
Navy satellite claws its way to usable orbit after main engine failure
After four months of drama in space caused by a crippling failure of its main engine, a U.S. Navy's mobile communications satellite has successfully rescued itself and achieved a usable orbit.
Video: Crew members extracted from the Soyuz after landing
One-by-one, the three crew members are pulled from the Soyuz MS-01 capsule and placed in reclining chairs minutes after landing in Kazakhstan.
Video: Soyuz MS-01 lands with three-person space crew
The Soyuz MS-01 capsule safely returns to Earth, bringing back Expedition 49 commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after a 115-day mission that spanned 48.6 million miles to the International Space Station.