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Wise Launch: NASA's Sky-Mapping Spacecraft Blasts Off

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Technology


VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A NASA spacecraft blasted into space early Monday on a mission to map the whole sky in search of hidden asteroid...

NASA WISE Launch UPDATE: Spacecraft To Map Unseen Sky Blasts Off

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Technology


UPDATE 12/14/09: The Associated Press reports: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A NASA spacecraft blasted into space early Monday on a mission to ...

Space Shuttle Launch LIVE VIDEO: Atlantis Lifts Off For Space Station (PHOTOS)

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology


**Scroll down for photos, video** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of...

PHOTOS: Lunar Orbiter Releases First Photos Of Moon

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green


NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which launched on June 18, just released its first images of the moon's pockmarked terrain. The Orbiter c...

NASA Space Shuttle Launch To Happen This Afternoon

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the in...

Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches Successfully

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit Thursday with Europe's gift to the international space station, a $2 billion science l...