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STS-120: Rollout to pad
Space shuttle Discovery rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building and travels to launch pad 39A for its STS-120 mission.
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Dawn leaves Earth
NASA's Dawn space probe launches aboard a Delta 2-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral to explore two worlds in the asteroid belt.
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Riding on Endeavour
Now you can take a virtual trip aboard shuttle Endeavour's recent launch thanks to video cameras mounted inside the ship's cockpit as well as outside on the twin solid rocket boosters and external tank.
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Launch of Phoenix
The Phoenix lander bound for the northern plains of Mars is launched atop a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
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"The Time of Apollo"
This stirring 1970s documentary narrated by Burgess Meredith pays tribute to the grand accomplishments of Apollo as men left Earth to explore the Moon and fulfill President Kennedy's challenge to the nation.
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1958: America in space
This is a video report on the United States' space exploration efforts during 1958. These historic pioneering days included the launch of Explorer 1, the first American satellite to orbit Earth.
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The Flight of Faith 7
The final and longest manned flight of Project Mercury was carried out by astronaut Gordon Cooper in May 1963. This film shows the voyage of Faith 7.
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"Apollo 17: On The Shoulders of Giants"
Apollo's final lunar voyage is relived in this movie. The film depicts the highlights of Apollo 17's journey to Taurus-Littrow and looks to the future Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and shuttle programs.
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"Apollo 10: To Sort Out The Unknowns"
The May 1969 mission of Apollo 10 served as a final dress rehearsal before the first lunar landing later that summer. Stafford, Young and Cernan went to the moon to uncover lingering spacecraft problems that needed to be solved.
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Traveling on Freedom 7
Fly with Alan Shepard during his historic journey into space with this documentary that takes the viewer along as an invisible companion to America's first astronaut.
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Flight of Gemini 3
The first manned flight of Project Gemini launched on March 23, 1965 with pioneering astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young. Take a look back!
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Apollo 9: Spider flies
Apollo 9 put the lunar landing module Spider through the stresses of spaceflight while orbiting Earth. This documentary looks back with astronauts Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, and Rusty Schweickart.
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GPS satellite launches
aboard Delta 2 rocket
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 17, 2007
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off at 8:23 a.m. this morning from Cape Canaveral's pad 17A carrying an enhanced satellite for the Global Positioning System.
Photo credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now
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Photo credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now
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Apollo Collage
 This beautiful one piece set features the Apollo program emblem surrounded by the individual mission logos.
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STS-127 Patch
 The official embroidered patch for shuttle Endeavour's flight to finish building Japanese section of the space station.
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Hubble Patch
 The official embroidered patch for mission STS-125, the space shuttle's last planned service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, is available for purchase.
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Project Orion
 The Orion crew exploration vehicle is NASA's first new human spacecraft developed since the space shuttle a quarter-century earlier. The capsule is one of the key elements of returning astronauts to the Moon.
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Fallen Heroes Patch Collection
 The official patches from Apollo 1, the shuttle Challenger and Columbia crews are available in the store.
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