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VideoReadiness confirmed for Thursday’s Atlas 5 cargo launch to space station
Mission managers Tuesday granted approval to proceed with Wednesday's rollout of the Atlas 5 rocket and Thursday's launch to deliver the commercial Cygnus cargo ship into orbit to resupply the International Space Station.
VideoOTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120
#OTD in 2007...Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories
VideoOTD…Oct. 7 and STS-112
#OTD in 2002...Atlantis launched the outward expansion of the space station's truss backbone
VideoOTD…Sept. 30 and STS-68
#OTD in 1994...Endeavour launched on the second Space Radar Laboratory mission
VideoOTD…Sept. 25 and STS-86
#OTD in 1997...Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia's space station Mir
VideoStation crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space
Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir's book "The Martian," adding they're hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it's released.
VideoPhotos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan
Three space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of the International Space Station to swap out Soyuz lifeboats for the research lab's one-year crew. Check out imagery of the late morning liftoff.
VideoSoyuz booster in position for crew launch
A Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail car to its launch pad Monday, setting up for Wednesday's launch with a three-man crew hailing from Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan.