News
-
Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force mission
Read more →: Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force missionMission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through…
-
Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch
Read more →: Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launchMission’s launch poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity…
-
Three-person crew ready to embark on space station expedition
Read more →: Three-person crew ready to embark on space station expeditionSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and European Space…
-
Soyuz crew launcher rolled out for liftoff from Kazakhstan
Read more →: Soyuz crew launcher rolled out for liftoff from KazakhstanThe Soyuz booster that will send the International Space Station’s next three residents into orbit later this week…
-
Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5
Read more →: Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5File photo of Atlas 5. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket…
-
Video: Soyuz rocket rolled to pad for Expedition 50 crew launch
Read more →: Video: Soyuz rocket rolled to pad for Expedition 50 crew launchThe Russian Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft and booster rocket were rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur…
-
Mysterious weather satellite launched from China
Read more →: Mysterious weather satellite launched from ChinaA Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 2314 GMT (6:14 p.m. EST) Friday with the Yunhai 1…
-
Photos: Rollback of pad gantry to reveal Atlas 5 for launch
Read more →: Photos: Rollback of pad gantry to reveal Atlas 5 for launchEarly Friday morning, the 8-million-pound mobile service tower was retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the…
-
Photos: Liftoff of Atlas 5 from California
Read more →: Photos: Liftoff of Atlas 5 from CaliforniaA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket departs Vandenberg Air Force Base today at 10:30 a.m. local time…
-
NASA keeping human spaceflight options open as Trump presidency looms
Read more →: NASA keeping human spaceflight options open as Trump presidency loomsArtist’s concept of the Orion spacecraft during a lunar flyby maneuver on its planned unpiloted test flight in…
-
Photos: Atlas 5 soars for commercial satellite delivery
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 soars for commercial satellite deliveryLaunching the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away…
-
New attraction opens at Kennedy Space Center to honor legendary astronauts
Read more →: New attraction opens at Kennedy Space Center to honor legendary astronautsA statue of astronaut Alan Shepard, America’s first person in space, stands just inside the doors to the…