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Photos: Navy satellite wrapped up in Atlas rocket nose cone
This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket's payload fairing for the planned Aug. 31 liftoff.
Stormy forecast prompts delay for Japanese resupply mission
The launch of a Japanese cargo ship with more than 4.5 tons of supplies bound for the International Space Station has been rescheduled for Wednesday due to a poor weather forecast at the mission's island launch base.
Attention social media users: See an Atlas 5 launch up close!
United Launch Alliance is giving members of the public a behind-the-scenes look during one of its Atlas 5 rocket flights from Cape Canaveral.
Second launch deal inked between Atlas 5 rocket and Cygnus freighter
Orbital ATK has ordered another Atlas 5 rocket to launch a second commercial Cygnus cargo craft for the International Space Station.
VideoAstronauts munch on space-grown lettuce
Amid a Russian spacewalk to carry out routine maintenance and inspections outside the International Space Station, two NASA astronauts and a Japanese crewmate staged a culinary first in orbit -- harvesting and eating a few leaves of leafy, space-grown red romaine lettuce.
Swiss company to move Atlas 5 work to Alabama
Ruag Space, the Swiss manufacturer of nose shrouds for the Atlas 5 rocket, plans to relocate production of Atlas launcher components to United Launch Alliance's rocket assembly plant in Decatur, Alabama.
New engines arrive at Antares rocket launch site
The first pair of new Russian main engines for Orbital ATK's modernized Antares rocket has arrived at the company's Virginia launch base as engineers prepare to return the commercial booster to flight after a catastrophic failure last year.
Atlas 5 rocket awarded commercial launch for EchoStar
A powerhouse Internet-from-space communications satellite will be launched from the Cape next year atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, officials announced Wednesday.
Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launch
Continuing a run of military satellite deployments this summer, United Launch Alliance has begun stacking the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost the Navy's next mobile communications craft.
VideoVideo: Delta 4 launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Delta 4 rocket carrying the seventh satellite for the Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM constellation.