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STS-135 video: ‘Poetry in motion’
Watch the shuttle Atlantis' backflip, which occurred five years ago today, before docking to the International Space Station.
STS-135 video: Solid rocket booster cameras
Awe-inspiring onboard video views of Atlantis' launch captured from cameras mounted on the solid rocket boosters. Check out these amazing videos of the spacecraft soaring to orbit on the final space shuttle mission.
Navy’s new MUOS 5 communications satellite experiences snag in space
Trouble has befallen the U.S. Navy's new communications satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral two weeks ago, suspending orbit raising maneuvers and leaving the craft half-way between its rocket deployment orbit and a circular geosynchronous orbit.
On this date in history: The final space shuttle launch
Five years ago today -- July 8, 2011 -- Atlantis launched on the final space shuttle mission after 31 years as the centerpiece of America's human spaceflight endeavors.
Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effort
Just three weeks after the Delta 4-Heavy rocket left the launch pad on its way to a successful satellite-deployment mission for U.S. national security, a smaller booster in the family has rolled out for its August military flight.
Video: When Juno launched to begin 5-year trek to Jupiter
Juno left the Earth atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Aug. 5, 2011, beginning its journey to Jupiter atop the most powerful Atlas variant with five side-mounted boosters. It arrives at the gas giant on Monday.
VideoFriday’s Atlas 5 launch as seen from the air, land and rocket
Perspectives of Friday's United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight were snapped from a commercial airliner, a satellite observer in Australia and the booster itself.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully flies to orbit Friday to deliver the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite.
Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launch
Launching the U.S. Navy's fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today.
Photos: Most powerful Atlas 5 puts 15,000-pound satellite in orbit
With five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for added power, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully deployed the U.S. Navy's fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite.