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VideoOTD…June 18 and STS-7 and LRO
#OTD in 1983...Challenger launched with America's first woman astronaut. Watch the launch:
Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket
With the Delta 4 rocket now waiting on the launch pad, its Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite payload has jetted from the Los Angeles factory to the Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff this summer.
VideoOTD…June 17 and STS-51G
US-French-Saudi crew launched aboard Discovery with a multi-satellite payload
VideoOTD…June 8 and STS-117
#OTD in 2007...The launch of Atlantis with a power truss for International Space Station
VideoOTD…June 2 and STS-91
#OTD in 1998...The launch of Discovery on final shuttle-Mir docking mission
X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force's mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth.
VideoVideo: Fourth X-37B launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane.
Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Photos: Atlas 5 sets sail to orbit
A collection of pad photos from the ULA Atlas 5 rocket launch of the X-37B spaceplane on its fourth mission taken by photographer Walter Scriptunas II.