Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the second Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) for the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) at 5:46 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-41. The OTV, also known as the X-37B, supports space experimentation, risk reduction, and concept of operations development for long duration and reusable space vehicle technologies. The first OTV mission was also successfully launched by a ULA Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41, on Apr. 22, 2010. It later landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 3.
Video credit: United Launch Alliance
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the second Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) for the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) at 5:46 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-41. The OTV, also known as the X-37B, supports space experimentation, risk reduction, and concept of operations development for long duration and reusable space vehicle technologies. The first OTV mission was also successfully launched by a ULA Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41, on Apr. 22, 2010. It later landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 3.
Video credit: United Launch Alliance
![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 12 Recap](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T_ZrrtPPWqo/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 12 Recap
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A video recap of flight day 12 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
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![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Crew Tribute to Space Shuttle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tif0x61-lO0/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Crew Tribute to Space Shuttle
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Atlantis crew members provided a message as a tribute to their orbiter and the Space Shuttle Program. STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson said the flag will remain at the station until the next crew launched from the United States arrives at the outpost. That crew will bring the flag back to Earth, until it once again is carried into space with the first crew to launch from the United States on a journey of exploration beyond Earth orbit.
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![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 6 Recap](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TwM79hxSRuI/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 6 Recap
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A video recap of flight day 6 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
Video: NASA")
![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] The Return of the Sandys Socks](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1N0PCDO0cs/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] The Return of the Sandys Socks
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STS-135 mission specialist Sandy Magnus shows off her socks.
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