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Multimedia: Atlas 5 rolled out with TDRS-M
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transferred from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 today for Friday's launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M that directly supports the International Space Station and various science missions.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 GMT) today to place NASA's new tracking station into the sky. The data router will relay video, telemetry and science information from the space station and dozens of research satellites to a central ground terminal. Follow the ascent in our live journal.
VideoPreview: NASA science-enabling relay satellite poised for launch
Resembling a cocooned insect with antennas and appendages tucked snuggly to its body for launch, NASA's latest communications relay hub will be shot into space Friday to blossom in geosynchronous orbit for routing signals to and from the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and three dozen science observatories.
VideoTimeline: Atlas 5/TDRS-M ascent events
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 8:03 a.m. EDT (1203 GMT).
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled to launch data relay satellite for NASA
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will boost NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M, or TDRS-M, into space from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 18 at 8:03 a.m. EDT (1203 GMT).
AV-074/TDRS-M launch fact sheet
Our comprehensive fact sheet previewing the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket deployment of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M.
Videos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled to launch NASA’s TDRS-M bird
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will boost NASA's latest communications relay satellite into space is targeting an Aug. 20 liftoff at 7:56 a.m. EDT (1156 GMT).
Photos: NASA’s TDRS-M satellite being readied for upcoming launch
With the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost it into space now assembled and waiting, a $408 million NASA communications satellite is in final preparations for its science data relay mission.
Video: Bringing NASA’s TDRS-M satellite to Florida
Go behind the scenes to see the labor it takes to deliver a satellite to its launch base, in this case NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M scheduled for launch Aug. 3 atop an Atlas 5 rocket.
TDRS-M satellite and its Atlas 5 rocket shipped to Florida for launch campaign
A space-bound NASA satellite was hauled aboard a military transport aircraft from a Southern California factory to the launch site in Florida on Friday and its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket booster arrived by sea from the manufacturing plant in Alabama today.