GOES-O is set for an upcoming launch in 2009 and it will be the latest in a series of satellites that has forecasted the development of severe weather for over 25 years. Operated by NOAA and launched by NASA, GOES-O will continue providing critical data used for real-time weather prediction on Earth as well as space weather events.
The astronauts of space shuttle Atlantis upgraded NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during STS-125 before releasing the observatory for years more studies of the cosmos.
An Atlas V sends two lunar spacecraft on their journey.
This video shows a quick tour and overview of the facilities where the GOES-O satellite was built and tested prior to launch. The spacecraft will be launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Space shuttle Atlantis flew back to Florida on the top of one of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
A modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Atlantis flew by NASA’s White Sands Test Facility June 1, 2009.