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VideoOTD…May 11 and STS-125
#OTD...In 2009, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission launched
Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launch
The Air Force's miniature space shuttle and its ride to orbit have been joined together inside an assembly building at Cape Canaveral in preparation for launch May 20.
VideoOTD…May 7 and STS-49
#OTD...The maiden launch of shuttle Endeavour in 1992 to rescue the Intelsat 603 satellite
NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will be flying aboard the X-37B miniature spaceplane later this month.
VideoOTD…May 4 and STS-30
#OTD...Launch of Atlantis in 1989 to send the Magellan space probe to Venus
VideoNext round of U.S. optical spy satellites to start launching in 2018
The covert follow-on satellite program that will serve as a replacement to the nation's surveillance "eyes" from space begins launching in 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
VideoOTD…April 28 and STS-39
OTD...Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight
VideoVideo: Russian cargo ship spinning
A video camera aboard Russian Progress cargo ship reveals craft is spinning dramatically in orbit as it passes in range of ground station communications.
New details emerge about electric propulsion experiment aboard X-37B
All systems are now "go" for launch of the Air Force's X-37B mystery spaceplane on May 20 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.