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Photos: SMAP joins Delta 2 rocket
This photo gallery shows NASA's SMAP spacecraft arriving at the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2 and being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket.
VideoVideo: Highlights reel from Atlas launch
This is the United Launch Alliance mission highlights reel for the Atlas 5 rocket with the MUOS 3 satellite for the U.S. Navy.
Payload shroud installed on Delta 2 rocket for next week’s launch
Installation of the Delta 2 rocket's nose cone was completed Tuesday in the cleanroom of Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2 gantry as preparations continue for the SMAP mission's liftoff next Thursday.
Photos: 200th Atlas-Centaur launches MUOS 3
A photo gallery shows Tuesday night's successful Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.
Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite
Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes ever, the Atlas-Centaur rocket flexed its muscle and sped away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night with a U.S. Navy satellite for mobile communications to the military and White House.
VideoVideo: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off
A Range problem gets resolved and the countdown resumes for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Navy's MUOS 3 mobile communications satellite.
Photos: Atlas in the roll
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch MUOS No. 3 Tuesday evening.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fitted with five powerful solid-fueled boosters has lifted off from a seaside launch complex at Cape Canaveral with the U.S. Navy's third Mobile User Objective System communications satellite.
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Video: Former shuttle engine test-fired
A former space shuttle main engine is tested at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in preparation for its use on the Space Launch System rocket.
Preview: Navy craft to ride milestone Atlas-Centaur launching
The 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket, history some 52 years in the making, will blast off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral to deliver a U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite into orbit.