Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have attached the Parker Solar Probe’s solar shadow-shield for final, integrated vehicle testing ahead of launch. The probe, which will be the first to “touch the Sun” is being readied for an anticipated 31 July 2018 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – which will start a 7 year mission to study the Sun.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket beat the weather and launched a…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully conducted a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on Thursday for its…
For the first time since 1981 NASA test flew a new vehicle designed to carry…
The Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) Orion has taken her final journey on terra firma,…
The stars are aligning for the December 4 debut mission of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, following…
The long-awaited debut flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been scheduled for a morning launch…
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV conducted a morning launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy – that is set to launch the…
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket has made its twentieth launch Friday morning…