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VideoVideo: Orion launch replays
Multiple different camera angles of the Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasting off with NASA's Orion capsule for Exploration Flight Test No. 1 on Dec. 5

Photos: Navy satellite shrouded for launch
The sophisticated U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite to launch Jan. 20 has been wrapped up in the Atlas 5 rocket's nose cone for the holidays
VideoVideo: Orion flight preps
This video recaps the Orion spacecraft and its Delta 4-Heavy rocket preparations for launch on the Exploration Flight Test No. 1.
VideoVideo: Inside Orion during high-speed re-entry
New video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle endured as it returned through Earth’s atmosphere during its Dec. 5 flight test.

13 launches on manifest for ULA in 2015
Navigation satellites, communications spacecraft, classified missions, NASA science projects and the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship destined for the International Space Station are on the United Launch Alliance manifest for the new year.

Orion is back home
Completing a 2,700-mile journey across the United States, America's inaugural Orion spaceship arrived back home at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, just under two weeks after its trial by fire.

Photos: One more look at Orion’s launch
Take another look back at the Orion spaceship's launch atop a Delta 4-Heavy rocket on Dec. 5 with this gallery of NASA and United Launch Alliance photos.

Newest GPS satellite goes active
The fourth modernized Global Positioning System satellite launched this year has completed in-orbit testing and joined the constellation.
VideoULA year in review
A record number of Atlas 5 launches, the return of Delta 2 and a Delta 4-Heavy at the dawn of a new space exploration era highlighted 2014 for United Launch Alliance.
VideoVideo: Orion flight highlights
Watch highlights from Orion's Dec. 5 launch aboard a Delta 4-Heavy rocket as compiled for broadcast on NASA TV.