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Advanced Satellite Blasts Off from Cape Canaveral: Launch Gallery
Early this morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a gorgeous pre-dawn launch,…
Best Custom Road Signs Ever at Wallops Island Launch Pad
These custom road signs at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility are, well, out of this world with awesomeness. They refer to…
Absolutely Incredible Photo: Frog Launches With LADEE
Oh my! We're not sure to laugh or cry on this one (maybe both). This frog gives new meaning to…
LADEE Launch: Images and Videos from Our Readers
NASA's newest mission to the Moon, LADEE, launched from Wallops Island in Virginia, lighting up the sky along the US…
Watch LADEE Launch Live!
NASA’s heading back to the Moon, and you can see the launch – either live with your own eyes if…
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Haiku for Mars: Winners Selected for MAVEN Mission
Fans of Mars and spaceflight waxed poetic as the haiku selected to travel to Mars aboard the MAVEN spacecraft were…
Launch Gallery: Delta 4 Sends Military Satellite to Orbit
Who doesn't like a good launch? These images and videos from last night's launch of United Launch Alliance's Delta 4…
Japanese Transfer Vehicle Launches Supplies, Robot to the Space Station
More supplies and a brand new talking robot for International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) HTV-4 Transfer…
Gallery: Atlas 5 Launches US Navy’s Heavyweight MUOS-2 Satellite into Orbit
A heavyweight next generation of military communications satellites was launched on July 19, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…
First-Ever Video of an ATV Vehicle Into Orbit!
Yesterday, June 5, the European Space Agency launched their ATV-4 Albert Einstein cargo vessel from their spaceport in French Guiana.…