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Photos: Atlas 5/MMS launch gallery

March 17, 2015 Justin Ray

A photo gallery shows Thursday night’s successful Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.

Rocket-mounted cameras show Atlas rising into the night

March 13, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that successfully hauled a NASA satellite quartet into a highly elliptical Earth orbit Thursday was fitted with three onboard video cameras that captured some of the major events of ascent.

Snapshots from Atlas 5 launch

March 13, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off Thursday night with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale satellite quartet in a successful flight from Cape Canaveral.

Recap story: Atlas 5 rocket launches NASA satellite quartet

March 13, 2015 Justin Ray

Four magnetic explosion probes in a towering stack atop an Atlas 5 rocket rode a fountain of flame off the launch pad and into Earth orbit Thursday night for a $1.1 billion NASA science investigation into a universal force of nature.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with four NASA satellites

March 12, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Thursday night at 10:44 p.m. EDT (0244 GMT) with NASA’s four formation-flying MMS satellites.

Photos: Atlas 5 rollout

March 11, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 on Wednesday morning, emerging from the Vertical Integration Facility assembly hangar where the two-stage rocket was put together.

Atlas 5 rolled to the pad for Thursday night’s liftoff

March 11, 2015 Justin Ray

Riding the rails to the launch pad Wednesday morning, the Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 for liftoff Thursday night to deploy four NASA satellites that will probe Earth’s magnetosphere for a high-priority research project.

Photos: Atlas 5/MMS launch gallery

Rocket-mounted cameras show Atlas rising into the night

Snapshots from Atlas 5 launch

Recap story: Atlas 5 rocket launches NASA satellite quartet

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with four NASA satellites

Photos: Atlas 5 rollout

Atlas 5 rolled to the pad for Thursday night’s liftoff

Atlas 5 rocket cleared for rollout to launch pad

Atlas/MMS launch timeline

Preview: Atlas 5 rocket to launch NASA magnetic field study