Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is progressing through a series of parachute drop tests, refining the technology for returning the spacecraft back home safely. However, NASA’s safety advisory body has cited certification concerns about a major element for the spacecraft’s ride to space, specifically the RD-180 engine used by the Atlas V launch vehicle.
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The U.S. Congress is debating the reinstatement of a purchasing ban on Russian RD-180 engines –…
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ATK has provided additional details about its domestic alternative to the Russian-built RD-180 engine currently…
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There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch,…
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The Atlas rocket family, a staple of the US launch industry since June 11, 1957,…
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At 19:20 UTC on Oct. 21, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the dual-manifested SES-20 & 21 telecommunication satellites on the…
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United Launch Alliance was in action Thursday, using an Atlas V rocket to deploy a…
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United Launch Alliance has deployed a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads into geostationary…
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Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner…
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60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) –…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T advanced weather satellite…
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United Launch Alliance carried out an Atlas V launch Friday with the third pair of…
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On December 14, 2006, a Delta II rocket launched from VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base)…
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ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched its 90th flight with an Atlas V rocket and its…
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NASA and ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched NASA’s next asteroid exploration mission — Lucy —…
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United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s most powerful Earth-imaging satellite, Landsat 9, on an Atlas…
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Boeing has scrubbed Tuesday’s planned launch of their Starliner spacecraft on its second uncrewed Orbital…
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NASA and Lockheed Martin are another step closer to the launch of their Lucy Trojan…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched an Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41)…