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VideoIn a step closer to launch, NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolls back to hangar
NASA's powerful new Space Launch System moon rocket was hauled from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday for final repairs, testing and closeouts, moving closer to liftoff later this summer after completing a fueling demonstration last month.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with experimental military payloads
Dodging stormy weather in Central Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT) Friday, carrying two experimental satellites for the U.S. Space Force on a six-hour climb toward geosynchronous orbit.
VideoLive coverage: India’s 55th PSLV mission declared a success
Three satellites from Singapore rode an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into orbit Thursday. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Center occurred at 8:32 a.m. EDT (1232 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket fires into orbit
Virgin Orbit's fifth LauncherOne rocket mission began with release from the company's Boeing 747 carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean at 11:53 p.m. PDT Friday (2:53 a.m. EDT; 0653 GMT Saturday). The air-launched rocket is carrying seven small CubeSat payloads into orbit for the U.S. military and NASA.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches SES broadcasting satellite
SpaceX launched a television broadcasting satellite Wednesday for SES, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral occurring at 5:04 p.m. EDT (2104 GMT). The Falcon 9 booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoLive coverage: NASA moon mission launches with Rocket Lab
A Rocket Lab launcher lifted off Tuesday with NASA's CAPSTONE mission, a small spacecraft the size of a microwave oven heading to the moon as a pathfinder for the Gateway lunar space station. Liftoff of the Electron booster from New Zealand occurred at 5:55 a.m. EDT (0955 GMT).
VideoSecond segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center
The second section of the Florida launch tower for SpaceX's huge Super Heavy and Starship rocket was lifted on top of the first tower segment Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center, continuing construction of a structure that will stand more than 400 feet tall.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 launches from French Guiana with two satellites
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 GMT) Wednesday with the Malaysian MEASAT 3d communications satellite and India's GSAT 24 television broadcast spacecraft. This mission marked the Ariane 5 flight in six months.
VideoSouth Korea’s all-domestic satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time
South Korea's space agency said Tuesday that the country's 15-story-tall Nuri launcher successfully reached orbit for the first time, giving the nation a fully domestic satellite launch capability after a $1.5 billion development program lasting more than a decade.
VideoLive coverage: NASA runs another countdown rehearsal for SLS moon rocket
NASA ran through a countdown rehearsal for the Space Launch System moon rocket Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch team loaded more than 750,000 gallons of super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the more than 30-story-tall rocket, a key test before a demonstration flight later this year.