Officials from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration introduce the upcoming NPP climate and weather satellite mission in this pre-flight briefing.
SpaceX is working toward upgrading its Falcon 9 rocket with the goal of delivering the world's first fully reusable launch vehicle. It's Dragon capsule is already designed for reuse but currently splashes down in the Ocean. Animation courtesy SpaceX
A Minotaur 4 rocket lifts off at sunrise from Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, carrying the U.S. Navy's TacSat-4 experimental communications satellite. Liftoff occurred on time at 7:49 am local time (11:49 EDT).
The launch pad tower is rolled away from the Minotaur rocket that will carry the U.S. Navy experimental TacSat-4 communications satellite in this time-lapse movie. The rocket is scheduled for launch September 27, 2011 from the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska.
NASA's first mission to Jupiter in over two decades took a step closer to launch as the Juno probe was attached to its Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral.
NASA announces the landing site for its Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, at a news conference at the the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC
After broadcasting thousands of hours of historic events in orbit, the shuttle's cargo bay television cameras fade to static for the last time. The orbiter's television antenna was stowed for the last time. There will be no more live views from the shuttle.
Mission officials and scientists pay tribute to the Spirit rover which explored Mars for six years before succumbing to the harsh Martian winter in 2010.
Astronaut Bob Crippen who piloted the first shuttle mission and commanded three more shuttle flights speaks with Miles O'Brien about some of the highlights of the 30 year program.
Astronaut John Grunsfeld, who flow on the shuttle five times and helped service the Hubble Space Telescope on three of those mission, speaks with Miles O'Brien about his memories of the Space Shuttle program.
Astronaut Scott Parazynski, a veteran of five shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, shares his memories of the 30-year program with Spaceflight Now's Miles O'Brien.
Watch space shuttle Discovery roll from its Orbiter Processing Facility hanger to the Vehicle Assembly in this time lapse video. The shuttle is being temporarily stored in the VAB to make room for Atlantis after it returns from space for the last time. Discovery is being decommissioned and will go on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. Video by David Waters.
The Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled to NASA's giant Vehicle Assembly Building for a brief period of storage. Orbiter Flow Director Stephanie Stilson speaks about the decommissioning process. The veteran shuttle will go on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum next year.
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