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NASA picks Atlas V to launch Solar Dynamics Observatory

NASA has chosen Lockheed Martin's Atlas V rocket to launch its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in April 2008, International Launch Services (ILS) announced Sept. 30. The first Space Weather Research Network mission in NASA's Living With a Star (LWS) program, SDO will study the sun's influence on...

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