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VideoPhotos: Proton rocket blasts off with Yamal 401 satellite
An International Launch Services Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday with the Yamal 401 satellite, a 3.3-ton spacecraft to beam C-band and Ku-band communications services across Russia.
VideoVideo: Orion flight highlights
Watch highlights from Orion's Dec. 5 launch aboard a Delta 4-Heavy rocket as compiled for broadcast on NASA TV.
VideoAriane 5 sends up satellites for DirecTV, India
Two communications satellites rode an Ariane 5 rocket into space Saturday -- one to beam down ultra-sharp television programming into millions of American homes and another craft to give Indian citizens expanded access to information technology.
VideoVideo: Orion splashdown seen from recovery ship
The Orion capsule splashdown as seen from the USS Anchorage recovery vessel in the Pacific.
VideoVideo: The launch of Orion
Video as seen live of the Orion spaceship launching atop a powerful Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Friday, Dec. 5.
VideoVideo: Orion EFT-1 test flight ends with a splashdown in the Pacific
The splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean concludes the EFT-1 shakedown cruise for NASA's new space capsule.
VideoVideo: Onboard camera captures Orion capsule return to Earth
A camera mounted aboard the Orion capsule for the EFT-1 test flight records the space capsules plunge toward the Pacific Ocean and its splashdown beneath three parachutes.
VideoVideo: Delta 4-Heavy tower rollback
The mobile service tower is retracted from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Flight Test 1.
VideoJohn Grunsfeld speaks about Orion’s science goals
John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, speaks about the EFT-1 test flight and science opportunities made possible by the Orion capsule and its Space Launch System rocket.
VideoNASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for the space agency.