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Apollo 11 launch as broadcast live by NASA on July 16, 1969
The launch of Apollo 11 on its historic mission to the Moon as it was broadcast live by NASA on July 16, 1969. The legendary commentator Jack King, who passed away in 2015, counts down to liftoff.
Atlas 5/Cygnus post-launch news conference
Watch the post-launch news conference from the Kennedy Space Center following the successful launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on December 6, carrying the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station.
U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 2015 class
A proud "Hubble Hugger," the final commander of shuttle Discovery, the first person to fly a docking to the International Space Station and one of the first U.S. women to join the astronaut ranks were inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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.
Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad
The booster rocket that will launch NASA's next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
Launch of the Curiosity Mars rover
This video captures the final portion of the launch countdown and follows the Atlas 5 rocket's flight through arrival in the preliminary orbit carrying the Curiosity rover headed for Mars. (Membership Required)