High Definition Launch Gallery
Atlantis Launches With Supplies, Equipment for Station
Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-129 mission to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
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Ares 1-X Test Rocket Launches
The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly-modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles down range.
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Discovery Launches With Supplies, Equipment for Station
Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-128 mission to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
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Endeavour Launches For Space Station
Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-127 mission to complete construction of the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station.
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Atlantis Launches on Hubble Repair Mission
Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-125 mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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STS-119 Launch
Discovery blasts off on a mission to add the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.
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Endeavour Launches on Mission STS-126
Endeavour lights up the Florida night as Commander Chris Ferguson and crew head to the International Space Station on a mission to prep the outpost for larger crews.
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GLAST Launches From Kennedy Space Center
Spacecraft begins mission to study gamma rays.
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Discovery Launches on Mission STS-124
Commander Mark Kelly and crew deliver the main segment of Japan's Kibo module to the International Space Station.
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Endeavour Launches on Mission STS-123
Commander Dom Gorie and crew deliver Japanese and Canadian elements to the International Space Station.
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Atlantis Launches on Mission STS-122
Commander Steve Frick and crew deliver the European Columbus module to the International Space Station.
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STS-120 Launch
Discovery heads toward the International Space Station to deliver the Harmony module.
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STS-118 Launch
Endeavour heads toward the International Space Station with teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard.
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