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Commercial lunar mission signs up with Atlas 5 for launch
In a commercial push to return to the Moon while celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Astrobotic Technology Inc. has contracted with United Launch Alliance to use an Atlas 5 rocket to send the Peregrine lander to the lunar surface in 2019.
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).
Sierra Nevada confirms ULA will launch first two Dream Chaser cargo missions
Sierra Nevada and United Launch Alliance have announced the most powerful version of the Atlas 5 rocket, with five strap-on boosters and a twin-engine upper stage, will send the first two Dream Chaser cargo missions to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral in 2020 and 2021, a schedule that still must be confirmed by NASA.
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.
Air Force selects Atlas 5 to launch multipurpose satellite to high orbit
A nuclear blast detection satellite and an assortment of experiments will be boosted directly into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above Earth in 2019 by the most-powerful version of United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket, the Air Force has decided.
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.
S.S. John Glenn freighter departs space station after successful cargo delivery
The Cygnus commercial logistics vehicle departed the International Space Station Sunday morning for a week-long free-flight filled with autonomous science tasks before re-entry.
Video: OA-7 Cygnus freighter departs International Space Station
The International Space Station crew releases the Cygnus OA-7 commercial cargo ship from the Canadian robotic arm to begin free-flight away from the lab complex, completing 43-day visit that delivered supplies, food and science gear.
VideoLive webcast: Cygnus freighter leaves the space station Sunday morning
Taking advantage of available astronaut time, the International Space Station's crew will cast off the commercial Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter on Sunday morning nearly six weeks ahead of schedule.