Follow the countdown to Thursday's sunrise liftoff in our Mission Status Center. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing space sails technology that will power humankind's first planned venture outside our solar system. Next Launch A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS is scheduled to launch a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Sept. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Visit the Tracking Station for a full listing of upcoming launches. Chandra witnesses birth of supernova.
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