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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Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband communications mega-constellation, a future competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink service, is ready…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) will soon close out production of its Atlas V rocket, completing…
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United Launch Alliance, formed in 2006 to merge the Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch vehicle…
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After years of anticipation, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space…
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Vulcan successfully launches Peregrine lunar lander on inaugural flight
by Aaron McCreaUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) has done its part in returning the US to the Moon…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the inaugural flight of its new Vulcan rocket…
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Launch Roundup: Project Kuiper Protoflight and Galactic 04 highlight this week
United Launch Alliance (ULA) flew only its second Atlas V of 2023, as Amazon’s subsidiary…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its Atlas V with the classified NROL-107 Silent Barker mission…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) says despite recent anomalies involving their Centaur V upper stage and…
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At 19:57 UTC on Wednesday, March 29, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at…
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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…