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VideoWatch live as NASA announces astronaut crews for new U.S. spacecraft
NASA is announcing the astronauts who will fly the first crewed test flights of the SpaceX Dragon 2 and Boeing Starliner capsules next year. The event at the Johnson Space Center is due to get underway at 11am EDT (1500 GMT).
VideoWatch a live view of launch complex 40 as a Falcon 9 readies for launch (members only)
Live coverage, including a launch pad view, for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite for the Canadian company Telesat.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:49:51 a.m. local time (12:49:51 p.m. EST; 1749:51 today to deploy a covert U.S. national security payload. Follow the ascent in our live journal.
VideoWatch Ariane 5 launch with Star One D1 and JCSAT 15
Watch a replay of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana carrying the Star One D1 and JCSAT 15 communications satellites.
Video2014’s top stories in spaceflight
The year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the thin margins between success and failure on the final frontier. 2014 was also a year of breakthroughs in the exploration of the solar system and the future of human spaceflight.
VideoVideo: Orion splashdown seen from recovery ship
The Orion capsule splashdown as seen from the USS Anchorage recovery vessel in the Pacific.
VideoVideo: Orion EFT-1 test flight ends with a splashdown in the Pacific
The splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean concludes the EFT-1 shakedown cruise for NASA's new space capsule.
VideoVideo: Onboard camera captures Orion capsule return to Earth
A camera mounted aboard the Orion capsule for the EFT-1 test flight records the space capsules plunge toward the Pacific Ocean and its splashdown beneath three parachutes.
VideoNASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for the space agency.
VideoNASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flight
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to Spaceflight Now's Stephen Clark about the upcoming test flight of the Orion space capsule on the EFT-1 mission.