An Emergency Egress System (EES) has completed its installation into the Crew Access Tower (CAT) at Space Launch Complex -41 (SLC-41) in preparation for Atlas V launches with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The EES is a vital element for all crew launch vehicles, with the SLC-41 EES working with the traditional “slide wire” concept.
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ArtemisCommercial
Modifications planned for Atlas V SLC-41 Pad and SLS Mobile Launcher
by Chris BerginUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) have recruited Hensel Phelps to design the modifications to their Atlas…
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Operations to support the upcoming first crew flights of Starliner and Orion are increasing around…
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The Atlas rocket family, a staple of the US launch industry since June 11, 1957,…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the dual-manifested SES-20 & 21 telecommunication satellites on the…
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The Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are bracing for the arrival…
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Uncrewed
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovers thermally stable areas in surface pits suitable for future lunar bases
Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a group of NASA-funded researchers has discovered…
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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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A day into its OFT-2 mission, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space…
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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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ArtemisEuropean
NASA calls off modified Artemis 1 Wet Dress Rehearsal for hydrogen leak
by Philip SlossNASA tried again at a third attempt on April 14 to complete the Wet Dress…
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Blue OriginCommercialEuropeanUncrewed
Arianespace, ULA, Blue Origin discuss executing ambitious Kuiper constellation missions for Amazon
Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and…
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With the arrival of SLS and Orion at Pad-B on March 18, engineers and technicians…
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Cape Canaveral has been at the heart of America’s space program since the very beginning.…
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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…