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Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit

Jun 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

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First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight ...

Boeing prepares Delta IV Heavy rocket's launch

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Dec 11, 2004 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

The first launch of the super-sized Boeing Delta IV heavy-lift rocket is scheduled today from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida. It will help to determine whether the rocket can become a "heavy lift" vehicle to carry ...

Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 14, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...

NASA's GLAST satellite gets twin solar panels in prep for launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 01, 2008 | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

Preparations for launching NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. NASA KSC's "NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report" on Thursday, ...

GLAST spacecraft arrives in Florida to prepare for launch

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Mar 07, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch. Liftoff of GLAST aboard ...

NASA Postpones Dawn Spacecraft Launch

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Jul 05, 2007 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Saturday's scheduled launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been postponed 24 hours.

NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station

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Nov 28, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.

WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

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Dec 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a ...

Boeing Delta 4 Launch Postponed

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Dec 14, 2004 | not rated yet | 0

Sunday's launch attempt of the Boeing Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral, Fla., was scrubbed for the third day because of equipment problems. During securing activities following Saturday's launch attempt, the ...