Launches

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Watch LADEE Launch Live!

NASA’s heading back to the Moon, and you can see the launch – either live with your own eyes if…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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,…

11 years ago

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.…

11 years ago

ESA Launches ‘Albert Einstein’ Cargo Spacecraft to the Space Station

ESA used a little E=mc^2 and launched the Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) resupply ship, named "Albert Einstein" in honor of…

11 years ago