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Space Station Live: October 7, 2015
A video update from mission control Houston on activities aboard the International Space Station. (Membership required)
Workers complete $15 million in repairs to Antares launch pad
Repair crews in Virginia have restored the Antares booster's launch pad -- damaged in an explosive rocket crash nearly one year ago -- to flight-ready status as the Orbital ATK launcher moves toward a return-to-flight in 2016.
Intel-gathering spacecraft launch on Atlas 5 scheduled for Thursday
Poised for its one and only satellite launch of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office will conduct a hush-hush flight Thursday using a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California.
Photos: NROL-55 payload joins Atlas booster rocket for launch
This photo gallery shows the classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, already encapsulated in the 14-foot-diameter nose cone, being lifted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base for liftoff Oct. 8.
Hurricane Joaquin eyed from space station
Astronauts on the International Space Station spied powerful Hurricane Joaquin spinning in the Bahamas in a spectacular photo showing the eye of the storm Friday.
Photos: Predawn launch of Atlas 5
A collection of liftoff photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Morelos 3 communications satellite for Mexico.
VideoRecap story: 100 successes and counting for United Launch Alliance
The 100th flight by United Launch Alliance took off Friday for deployment of a sophisticated geomobile communications satellite to bridge the digital divide in Mexico while extending the rocket company's unparalleled record of success in launching $80 billion in space assets.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket with Mexico’s Morelos 3
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching Mexico's Morelos 3 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for launch
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch Morelos 3 on Friday at 6:08 a.m. EDT.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:28 a.m. EDT (1028 GMT) today to deploy the Mexican Morelos 3 mobile communications satellite.