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VideoLaunch timeline for Atlas 5’s mission with InSight
A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to dispatch NASA's InSight lander toward Mars, kicking off an interplanetary journey from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
All systems go for launch of InSight, a mission to reveal the inside of Mars
Scientists eager for answers to long-standing questions about the geology of Mars will get a lift Saturday with the blastoff from California of an Atlas 5 rocket with NASA's InSight mission, a robotic landing craft that will take the pulse and temperature of the red planet.
VideoLive coverage: InSight Mars mission lifts off from California aboard Atlas 5 rocket
NASA's InSight spacecraft, the next lander to head for Mars, lifted off Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Launch occurred in a blanket of fog at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT; 1105 GMT).
NASA cancels lunar rover, shifts focus to commercial moon landers
As NASA turns up support for future commercial lunar landers, the space agency last week canceled a mission that would have placed a rover on the moon to survey resources, such as water and helium, that could be used by future human explorers.
Rideshare mission for U.S. military confirmed as second Falcon Heavy launch
More than two dozen satellites from the U.S. military, NASA and research institutions will ride into orbit on SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy rocket launch, a mission currently scheduled for liftoff in June, a military spokesperson said.
Asteroid missions on track to reach their destinations in 2018
Pioneering spacecraft from NASA and the Japanese space agency promise to reveal two unexplored asteroids later this year, officials said Wednesday, beginning surveys that will culminate in daring descents to capture samples for return to Earth, where eager scientists await a hands-on look at the specimens.
Next-generation weather satellite shipped to launch base in California
A new weather observatory that will track storms across the globe as it orbits from pole to pole has been trucked to its launch site in California for a long-awaited ascent into space this November.
Photos: America’s 100th EELV blasts off
The 100th flight of America's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program -- a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket -- departed Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening carrying the most advanced U.S. weather satellite ever made.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observer
Launching the high-tech GOES-R satellite to revolutionize U.S. weather forecasting, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT).
VideoAtlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in history
Revolutionizing the way American meteorologists see the weather, likened to the advancement from black and white television to modern high definition TV, a new observatory was successfully launched Saturday by an Atlas 5 rocket to serve as the linchpin to forecasting what tomorrow will bring.