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Video: Marc Buie, New Horizons Occultation Team Lead (members only)
Marc Buie, Occultation Team Lead, reveals what we know so far about the shape of Ultima Thule as New Horizons races towards its encounter with the Kuiper Belt object.
Watch SpaceX’s crew access arm swing back (members only)
The crew access arm at launch complex 39A swings back and the strong back is raised upright in this time-lapse video which runs at 100 times normal speed.
VideoLive view of the Falcon 9 at launch complex 40 (members only)
SpaceX is preparing for its second Falcon 9 rocket launch in two days, with liftoff of a space station-bound Dragon supply ship from Cape Canaveral planned at 1:16 p.m. EST (1816 GMT) Wednesday. The Falcon 9's first stage will target a landing back at Cape Canaveral around eight minutes after launch.
VideoLive from Launch Pad 39A (members only)
A live view of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center where SpaceX is getting ready to launch the launch the Es’hail 2 communications satellite.
Multiple replays of the Soyuz launch and abort
Replays from cameras at the Baikonur Cosmodrome capture the launch of a Soyuz booster from different angles.
Watch a replay of the Soyuz launch and abort
Watch as Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague launch aboard a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station but a Soyuz booster failure cut short their ascent into orbit.
VideoLive clean audio coverage: Final Delta 2 rocket set for launch (members only)
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket with NASA's ICESat 2 satellite to measure global ice sheets.
Watch live: SLS launch platform rolls to the VAB (members only)
Watch as NASA rolls the SLS mobile launch platform from launch pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX conducts engine test fire for communications satellite launch (members only)
SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket in readiness for its planned 8 September 2018 launch carrying the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite.
Watch live: SLS Mobile Launch Platform moves to pad 39B (members only)
Watch live as NASA moves the mobile platform intended to carry NASA’s Space Launch System to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.