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ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two
The nation's existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are vying for a future when United Launch Alliance completes its modernization with a new rocket system and downsizing to one pad on each coast.
What to do with the final Delta 2 rocket?
With the payload matching game showing no prospects, the final Delta 2 rocket could be headed to the Smithsonian or another museum instead of space.
SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight tests
NASA has extended development agreements with SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp. past a March 31 deadline, giving the companies more time to complete delayed tests on commercial spacecraft intended to one day ferry astronauts into space.
Same day rollouts and launches could return to Atlas 5 program
Returning to the days of rollouts and launches in a span of only a few hours, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 program is looking to resume this whirlwind experience.
SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13
The launch of SpaceX's next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday.
Stats: Delta 4 history and backlog (updated March 30)
Here's a look by the numbers of the previous Delta 4 flight history and the remaining flights of the rocket named Delta.
Kelly settling in aboard space station
Astronaut Scott Kelly, settling in aboard the International Space Station for a marathon 342-day stay in orbit, said Monday he is looking forward to serving as a test subject for medical research on the long-duration effects of weightlessness, data he said would help pave the way for eventual flights to Mars.
Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload
With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the distance, the Air Force's X-37 mini spaceplane will be launched from Cape Canaveral on May 6 for its fourth journey into orbit.
Photos: Fiery start to marathon space mission
A three-man crew donned pressure suits, strapped into a Russian Soyuz space capsule and rode a rocket into orbit Friday, starting a record-setting expedition on the International Space Station that -- for two of the crew members -- will last for 342 days.
Space station crewmen head off on 342-day mission
A workhorse Soyuz booster thundered to life and climbed into a dark Kazakh sky Friday, carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko on a four-orbit voyage to the International Space Station to kick off a marathon 342-day mission, the longest flight ever attempted by an American.