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VideoSMAP observatory unfurls large science antenna structure
Deploying its marquee element in space Tuesday, NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft took a major step towards realizing its science potential.
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VideoVideo: Groundbreaking for commercial crew access tower
There was a groundbreaking Friday at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 to start building the astronaut access tower to board Boeing's CST-100 capsules atop United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets.
VideoLaunch America getting new access gantry for astronauts
A groundbreaking Friday ceremonially commenced construction of an astronaut access tower at United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 launch pad in Florida, a 200-foot-tall gantry that will add to the future of U.S. human spaceflight.
Magnetic field laboratory being readied for launch
A stack of four satellites, each one carrying 25 science sensors and together will perfect the art of formation flying, are being packaged inside an Atlas 5 rocket nose cone in preparation for mounting atop the booster next week.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on March 12 has completed its basic build up at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility.
VideoVideo: Progress launches and docks
The Russian Progress 58P cargo freighter launches and six hours later docks to the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: New Horizons animation
This animation depicts NASA's New Horizons spacecraft leaving Earth, swinging by Jupiter and making its much-anticipated flyby of Pluto.
VideoVideo: Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2015
Four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction.