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A month to remember for ULA and the Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: A month to remember for ULA and the Atlas 5 rocketMorelos 3, NROL-55, GPS 2F-11. Photos by ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Four weeks, three launches, two coasts. October…
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Video: Halloween liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-11
Read more →: Video: Halloween liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-11A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation spacecraft…
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Cassini images just a taste of Enceladus flyby science return
Read more →: Cassini images just a taste of Enceladus flyby science returnNASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this view as it neared icy Enceladus for its closest-ever dive past the moon’s…
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Recap story: Three Atlas 5 launch successes in one month
Read more →: Recap story: Three Atlas 5 launch successes in one monthCAPE CANAVERAL — Completing an October to remember, the third Atlas 5 rocket launch in just 29 days…
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ULA’s Atlas 5 wins contract to launch NASA data relay satellite
Read more →: ULA’s Atlas 5 wins contract to launch NASA data relay satelliteFile photo of an Atlas 5 launch with the TDRS L satellite in 2014. Credit: ULA The last…
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A crescent Pluto shines like a jewel in the Kuiper Belt
Read more →: A crescent Pluto shines like a jewel in the Kuiper BeltThis image, taken 15 minutes after the New Horizons spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14, reveals…
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Inaugural launch of small-class rocket on hold in Hawaii
Read more →: Inaugural launch of small-class rocket on hold in HawaiiCredit: U.S. Air Force The maiden test flight of a new rail-guided launcher from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific…
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Eutelsat goes for rare dedicated Ariane 5 launch
Read more →: Eutelsat goes for rare dedicated Ariane 5 launchUpdated with details. Artist’s concept of the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite. Credit: Eutelsat/SSL Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat…
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Photos: GPS 2F-11 readied for launch
Read more →: Photos: GPS 2F-11 readied for launchThis collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the…
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Photos: Thursday’s Atlas 5 rollout to launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Thursday’s Atlas 5 rollout to launch padThe Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral…
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One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flight
Read more →: One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flightOrbital’s Antares rocket suffers a failure moments after liftoff Oct. 28, 2014, from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel…
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Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalk
Read more →: Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov took this photo of Scott Kelly exiting…