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Infographic: Space Launches Over Time

[/caption] For people who erroneously believe that the end of the space shuttle program means the end of space exploration…

13 years ago

Amazing Amateur Rocket Launch Reaches 121,000 feet

Wow! Take a look at this for a little "bang! zoom!" in your day! This video shows an incredible video…

13 years ago

Winds Delay Launch For GRAIL

[/caption] High upper level winds put a damper on hopes for launching the GRAIL mission on its first attempts on…

13 years ago

STS-135 Redux: Launch Tribute Video

A great look back at the final launch of the space shuttle program. Includes some footage I hadn't seen before,…

13 years ago

Watch Juno Launch Live!

Live video for mobile from Ustream NASA’s new science probe to Jupiter, Juno, will make its first launch attempt on…

13 years ago

SRB Camera Views of Atlantis’ Last Ride

Always a good show and a unique, fun view, NASA released today the videos taken from the cameras mounted on…

13 years ago

An Image it Took 30 Years to Complete: Father and Son at First and Last Shuttle Launch

[/caption] Chris Bray and his father Kenneth attended the first space shuttle launch 30 years ago and even though they…

13 years ago

Atlantis Launches on Final Space Shuttle Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis has launched for the final time, for the last mission of the space shuttle program. The crew…

13 years ago

Ride Along with a Sounding Rocket

Earlier this year, a sounding rocket was launched to measure solar energy output and calibrate the EVE instrument on the…

13 years ago

Aquarius Satellite Launches to Observe Earth’s Oceans

A picture-perfect launch on a Delta II rocket from Vandeberg Air Force Base in California sent the newest satellite into…

13 years ago