Another delay hits stuck NASA astronauts, as SpaceX forced to postpone flight
The crew onboard were already buckled into their flight capsule when an engineering issue was identified by ground staff in ...
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Counting Down To The Final Atlas Rocket
The Atlas family of rockets have been a mainstay of America’s space program since the dawn of the Space Age, when unused SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) were refurbished ...
NASA and SpaceX set for mission to swap out stuck astronauts
NASA and SpaceX on Friday will count down to a long-awaited crewed rocket launch that will allow them to bring home U.S.
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ULA’s Vulcan rocket still doesn’t have the Space Force’s seal of approval
First reported by Spaceflight Now, the "de-stacking" will clear ULA's vertical hangar for assembly of an Atlas V rocket—the Vulcan's predecessor—to launch the first batch of operational ...
United Launch Alliance waits on Space Force to certify Vulcan
Despite not having launched anything in more than five months, United Launch Alliance still expects to fly around 12 missions this year. But it’s still waiting on the Space Force to certify ...
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Atlas V launches Space Force’s first mission with...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried out its first mission for the United States Space Force Thursday, deploying the final Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to ...
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Russian Rocket Tech Comes In From The Cold
A new, high-temperature stainless steel was created by the RD-180’s designer, NPO Energomash, and the RD-180 successfully launched an Atlas III rocket in May of 2000. Thanks for the tip ...
When will NASA astronaut Sunita Williams return to Earth? What we know
The Crew-10 mission, scheduled to launch from Florida on a SpaceX rocket, aimed to send a new crew to the ISS and enable the ...
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Rocket Report: A blue mood at Blue; Stoke Space fires a shot over the bow
Instead, ULA will now focus on launching a batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon on an Atlas V rocket in the next couple of months before pivoting back to Vulcan. ULA hoped to launch as ...
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Here's how SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stacks up to the competition
The Delta IV Heavy for example, launched the Orion spacecraft on a test flight, and the Atlas V rocket launched the Curiosity rover to Mars. NASA is also in the process of building its Space ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: John Glenn’s First Human Orbital Flight for NASA Celebrates 63rd Anniversary
John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...