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Marking the 200th launch for the venerable Atlas-Centaur family of rockets and 52nd Atlas V, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V thundered off the launch pad Tuesday night to deploy the third Mobile User...

January 20, 2015 - Five rockets are on the pad and waiting to go from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Five rockets are on the pad and waiting to go from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska....

January 13, 2015 - The interaction of solar winds and Earth’s atmosphere produces northern lights, or auroras, that dance across the night sky and mesmerize the casual observer. However, to scientists this...

The new year is off to a hot start for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America's next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency's...

A Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space early this morning carrying the fifth mission to resupply the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with Space Exploration...

The next launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is being delayed until early January, company officials confirmed this morning. Trouble encountered during a test...

We should learn today whether or not SpaceX will be able to attempt a launch this week of its Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to the space station. However, a slip of a day or two, possibly longer, is expected...

The largest Atlas rocket to fly from California blasted off tonight on a successful mission to deliver the classified NROL-35 satellite to polar orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Following a one...

As the company continues to recover from October's spectacular launch failure of the  Antares medium-lift launch vehicle, Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has signed a contract with United...

Reaching a pinnacle in its nine-year development program, NASA’s next-generation Orion deep-space exploration craft soared through a picture-perfect test flight today to mark a major milestone in NASA’s...