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VideoLive coverage: Final Delta 2 rocket launches from California
The final flight of a Delta 2 rocket, a mainstay of the U.S. launch industry for nearly 30 years, began at 6:02 a.m. PDT (9:02 a.m. EDT; 1302 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with NASA's ICESat 2 Earth science satellite.
VideoHelicopter to accompany NASA’s next Mars rover to Red Planet
A flying drone fitted with counter-rotating blades, on-board autonomy, and a lightweight carbon-fiber fuselage will ride to the Red Planet with NASA's Mars 2020 mission, officials announced Friday.
VideoRocketcam replay of InSight’s launch to Mars
United Launch Alliance has released a replay of the May 5 liftoff of NASA's InSight mission to Mars aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, as viewed by aft- and forward-facing cameras on the two-stage launch vehicle.
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.
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).
VideoEurope’s ExoMars orbiter nears start of methane-sniffing science mission
Nearly a year-and-a-half after arriving at the red planet, Europe's ExoMars orbiter is finally approaching a planned perch around 250 miles over the rust-colored world after repeatedly dipping into the Martian atmosphere to lower its orbit.
VideoAtlas 5/GOES-S launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the GOES-S weather satellite. Launch is scheduled for Thursday during a two-hour window opening at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT).
VideoSecond of NOAA’s “high-definition” weather satellites ready for launch
The second satellite in a quartet of new NOAA weather observatories is awaiting liftoff Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, heading for a position 22,000 miles from Earth to scan the western United States and Pacific Ocean for typhoons, wildfires and fog.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral with NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite, the second in a series of upgraded observatories destined to cover the western United States and the Pacific Ocean.
VideoDelta 2 launch timeline with JPSS 1
A Delta 2 rocket boosted by nine strap-on motors and two liquid-fueled stages will launch NOAA's JPSS 1 weather satellite into a 511-mile-high (822-kilometer) orbit following liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.