Atlas 5/Cygnus launch photo
An Atlas 5 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 22. The rocket's upper stage burned for more than a minute longer than planned, ULA confirmed March 24.

The White House said it would veto an authorization bill from a House defense committee in part because of a series of restrictions it puts on the Air Force to develop a replacement for the Russian RD-180 rocket engine.

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