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  • Photos: Atlas 5/MMS launch gallery

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    Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: NASA-KSC Credit: NASA-KSC Credit: NASA-KSC Credit: NASA-KSC Credit: NASA-KSC

  • Snapshots from Atlas 5 launch

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    The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off Thursday night with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale satellite quartet in a successful flight from Cape Canaveral. Credit: NASA TV

  • Recap story: Atlas 5 rocket launches NASA satellite quartet

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    Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Four magnetic explosion probes in a towering stack atop an Atlas 5 rocket rode a fountain of flame off the launch pad and into Earth orbit Thursday night for a $1.1 billion NASA science investigation into a universal force of nature. The Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, lifted off at…

  • Rocket-mounted cameras show Atlas rising into the night

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    The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that successfully hauled a NASA satellite quartet into a highly elliptical Earth orbit Thursday was fitted with three onboard video cameras that captured some of the major events of ascent. The rocket blasted off at 10:44 p.m. EDT (0244 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41. An external, aft-facing…

  • Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with four NASA satellites

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    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Photos: Atlas 5 rollout

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    The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 on Wednesday morning, emerging from the Vertical Integration Facility assembly hangar where the two-stage rocket was put together. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani  

  • Atlas 5 rolled to the pad for Thursday night’s liftoff

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    CAPE CANAVERAL — Riding the rails to the launch pad Wednesday morning, the Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 for liftoff Thursday night to deploy four NASA satellites that will probe Earth’s magnetosphere for a high-priority research project. Liftoff of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, is slated for 10:44…

  • Atlas 5 rocket cleared for rollout to launch pad

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    CAPE CANAVERAL — Mission leaders Tuesday gave approval for rollout of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Wednesday morning, leading to liftoff Thursday night of the Magnetospheric Multiscale science project for NASA. “We have built four, large, identical, very sensitive, spinning spacecraft that we will fly in formation,” said Craig Tooley, the MMS…

  • Atlas/MMS launch timeline

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    CAPE CANAVERAL — This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching NASA’s MMS mission on March 12 at 10:44 p.m. EDT. T+0:00:00.0    Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the twin strap-on solid rocket boosters are lit as the Atlas 5 vehicle lifts off and…

  • Preview: Atlas 5 rocket to launch NASA magnetic field study

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    CAPE CANAVERAL — A $1.1 billion science investigation involving four formation-flying satellites circling the Earth, each one identical, fitted with 25-instrument sensors and measuring 94 feet tall by 369 feet wide when fully deployed, will share a single Atlas 5 rocket launch Thursday night from Cape Canaveral to probe explosions in the magnetic field with…