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VideoOTD…April 12 and STS-1 and 51D
#OTD...America's first shuttle launch in 1981 and another in 1985
VideoOTD…April 8 launches of STS-56 and 110
#OTD...Launch of a 1993 environmental mission on Discovery and Atlantis' ISS flight in 2002
VideoOTD…April 6 and STS-41C
#OTD...Launch of the first shuttle mission to service a satellite in space in 1984
VideoOTD…April 5 launches of STS-37 and 131
#OTD...Gamma Ray Observatory launched in 1991 on Atlantis and Discovery's 2010 ISS flight
VideoOTD…April 4 launches of STS-6 and 83
#OTD...The first launch of Challenger in 1983 and Columbia's shortened Spacelab mission in 1997
VideoRockot launcher deploys Russian data relay satellites
Three small satellites launched from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmdorome into a 930-mile-high orbit Tuesday, flying into space aboard a Rockot launcher to relay emails, technical data and other messages between remote users.
VideoLook back at Friday’s Soyuz launch from the Amazon
Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation network lifted off at sunset Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket from a tropical launch pad at the edge of South America's Amazon rainforest. Look back at the picturesque liftoff with a video replay and launch photos.
VideoSoyuz/Galileo launch timeline
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
VideoSouth Korean satellite launched by Dnepr rocket
A stockpiled Soviet-era ballistic missile shot out of an underground silo on a remote Russian military base Wednesday and powered into orbit with a South Korean Earth observation satellite.