The mammoth Ares V is continuing to grow – on paper at least – to olympic proportions to close the performance shortfall in the Ares architecture.The new vehicle – that is officially classed as a study option, but touted as the new baseline – shows an Ares V with two stretched 5.5 segment Solid Rocket Boosters, an even longer Core Stage powered, now by six RS-68 main engines, and a 10 meter diameter Upper Stage and matching Payload Fairing.
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SLS/Orion
RS-25 aborts test during production restart development hot fire – still achieves objectives
August 14, 2018The RS-25 team at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi began the next development test…
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As the next series of RS-25 engine test firings at the Stennis Space Center in…
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Restart of RS-25 rocket engine production is ramping up at prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Canoga…
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United Launch Alliance launched a Delta IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying the…
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United Launch Alliance’s first Delta IV launch of 2017 carried a Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a Delta IV rocket on Wednesday evening, carrying the…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Delta IV rocket in the early hours of…
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket beat the weather and launched a…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully conducted a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on Thursday for its…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has launched with the NROL-45 payload for the US…
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SLS/Orion
SLS engines prepare for Stennis tests – AR affordability focus for new RS-25s
January 26, 2016RS-25 Engine 2059 – a veteran of five Shuttle missions – is scheduled to begin…
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Flying with an upgraded first stage, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the ninth Block IIF Global Positioning System navigation satellite…
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NASA has selected the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to loft its Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission…
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For the first time since 1981 NASA test flew a new vehicle designed to carry…
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Years in the planning, and NASA’s first step toward returning humans to deep space exploration,…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed a pair of space surveillance satellites…
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the US Air Force’s sixth Block IIF GPS…
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The US Air Force’s fifth GPS Block IIF navigation satellite was launched on Thursday night.…
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