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Photos: SMAP joins Delta 2 rocket
This photo gallery shows NASA's SMAP spacecraft arriving at the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2 and being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket.
Readers share their views of Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launch
A powerful Atlas 5 rocket fitted with a kerosene-burning main engine and five solid-fueled boosters lit up Florida's Space Coast with Tuesday night's blastoff carrying a U.S. Navy communications satellite into orbit. We present a sample of launch photos submitted by Spaceflight Now's readers.
Chinese pathfinder probe arrives in lunar orbit
A Chinese spacecraft launched in October has settled into a circular orbit around the moon for rendezvous simulations and reconnaissance to prepare for a planned lunar sample return mission, according to state media reports.
Next Falcon 9 launch rescheduled for Feb. 8
The next liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been reset for no earlier than Feb. 8, NOAA and NASA officials said Tuesday, apparently to give the launch provider more time to prepare for the mission.
VideoVideo: Highlights reel from Atlas launch
This is the United Launch Alliance mission highlights reel for the Atlas 5 rocket with the MUOS 3 satellite for the U.S. Navy.
Payload shroud installed on Delta 2 rocket for next week’s launch
Installation of the Delta 2 rocket's nose cone was completed Tuesday in the cleanroom of Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2 gantry as preparations continue for the SMAP mission's liftoff next Thursday.
Photos: 200th Atlas-Centaur launches MUOS 3
A photo gallery shows Tuesday night's successful Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.
Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite
Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes ever, the Atlas-Centaur rocket flexed its muscle and sped away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night with a U.S. Navy satellite for mobile communications to the military and White House.
VideoVideo: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off
A Range problem gets resolved and the countdown resumes for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Navy's MUOS 3 mobile communications satellite.
Dawn’s camera resolves fuzzy features on Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is tantalizing scientists with new imagery of Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, as the probe closes in on the icy world for 16 months of up-close observations.