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Atlas 5 rocket and Cygnus freighter mated for next week’s cargo launch
Bound for the International Space Station with a max load of fresh supplies, a commercially-operated cargo ship was mounted atop its booster rocket today for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on March 22.
VideoPhotos: Cygnus encapsulated for journey into space atop Atlas 5
United Launch Alliance workers encapsulated the freighter on Wednesday with the 14-foot-diameter, 45-foot-long extra extended payload fairing (XEPF) at Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.
MUOS 5 satellite comes to Florida on way to geosynchronous orbit
The fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy's new mobile network to provide rugged smartphone communications to all branches of the military has arrived at the launch site for blastoff in May.
VideoNew GPS satellite begins transmitting to users around the globe
Air Force ground controllers have activated service aboard the newest Global Positioning System satellite, achieving that milestone for the final spacecraft in a dozen built in a manufacturing batch to update the constellation.
Photos: Cygnus packed up and fueled for trip to the space station
The International Space Station cargo ship launching from Cape Canaveral on March 22 has been given a name -- the SS Rick Husband.
Delta 4-Heavy goes to launch pad for national security flight
Rolling toward a mid-May deployment of a clandestine spy satellite, United Launch Alliance's triple-body Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved from its Cape Canaveral assembly building to pad 37B yesterday.
ULA’s candidates to replace RD-180 engine win Air Force funding
The Pentagon has awarded at least $162 million in contracts to Aerojet Rocketdyne and United Launch Alliance for development of the AR1 and BE-4 rocket engines, candidates to power the first stage of a next-generation rocket and replace the Russian-made engine currently flying on the Atlas 5 launcher.
U.S. resupply ship headed for space station to launch March 22
Signs that a launch to the International Space Station is approaching are obvious this week at Cape Canaveral, with the Atlas 5 booster rocket beginning to take shape and the commercial resupply ship heading to its propellant depot.
Photos: More Delta 4 launch shots
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket blasts into the predawn skies at Vandenberg Air Force Base with the NROL-45 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 mission
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-45 spy satellite payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.