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  1. Today's mission status briefing can be seen live on Spaceflight Now. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  2. Atlantis mission's third spacewalk is over, successfully installing an oxygen tank and finishing other tasks. http://www.tinyurl.com/sts129
  3. Spectacular photos of the overnight blastoff by the Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral with Intelsat spacecraft: http://tinyurl.com/yl9rjjs
  4. Watch today's spacewalk on your computer http://tinyurl.com/sts129 or iPhone/iPod Touch http://tinyurl.com/y9qlefm
  5. International communications satellite to bridge the Atlantic was successfully launched by the Atlas 5 rocket. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  6. We have posted a gallery of pictures from this morning's Atlas 5 rocket launch. http://tinyurl.com/yzyf9q6
  7. Spacecraft separation! The Intelsat 14 communications satellite has been deployed into orbit from the rocket. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  8. The Centaur upper stage has completed its second firing of the night. Standing by to release the payload. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  9. Deployment of the Intelsat 14 spacecraft to complete tonight's launch sequence is expected at 3:53 a.m. EST. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  10. Centaur has arrived in preliminary orbit around the planet. Rocket will coast 95 minutes before raising orbit. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  11. Staging of the Atlas 5 rocket has occurred as planned. The Centaur upper stage's RL10 engine up and running. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  12. The three solid rocket boosters have burned out and separated. First stage continues to fire. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  13. Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket and the Intelsat 14 communications satellite! http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  14. T-minus 4 minutes and counting! http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  15. Polling of the Atlas launch team confirms all systems are "go" for liftoff at 1:55 a.m. EST. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  16. After lengthy wait to sort through wind balloon data, conditions now "go" for liftoff at 1:55 a.m. EST! http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  17. The Atlas 5 rocket's target launch time has been delayed to 1:55 a.m. EST. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  18. Liftoff being delayed to 1:35 a.m. EST as launch team continues to assess the upper-level wind balloon data. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  19. The 25-minute delay was requested to evaluate the upper level winds and the flight profile, a spokesman says. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024
  20. Liftoff of the Atlas 5 rocket is being pushed back to 1:15 a.m. EST. http://tinyurl.com/is14av024