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Mighty Atlas Launches Landsat-9, Rideshares to Orbit on First Four-Burn Centaur Mission

By Ben Evans, on September 27th, 2021

After 4 flightless months, @ULALaunch Mighty Atlas has successfully launched Landsat-9 from Vandenberg, with Lucy up next in October. […]

Landsat-9 Ready for Monday Launch, as ULA Flight Manifest Resumes

By Ben Evans, on September 26th, 2021

After 4 flightless months, @ULALaunch is gearing up for Monday afternoon’s launch of Landsat-9 atop #MightyAtlas. […]

NG-16 Cygnus Launches, Honors Challenger Veteran, Heads to Space Station

By Ben Evans, on August 10th, 2021

@NorthropGrumman’s Antares booster has successfully lifted #NG16 #Cygnus cargo ship to @Space_Station, laden with 8,200 lb (3,700 kg) of supplies. […]

NG-16 Cygnus Prepares for Tuesday Launch, as OFT-2 Starliner Delay Lengthens

By Ben Evans, on August 9th, 2021

@NorthropGrumman’s Antares is ready for launch just before sunset Tuesday, carrying Cygnus #NG16 uphill for @Space_Station resupply. […]

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Prepares for First-Ever Four-Billion Mile Journey to Trojan Asteroids

By Paul Scott Anderson, on August 7th, 2021

Lucy, in its modified shipping container, lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30. It was later transported by truck to its final destination, Astrotech Space Operations, in nearby Titusville. Photo Credit: Lockheed Martin

There have been many missions to various asteroids and comets, by NASA and other space agencies. But one […]

A Very Unique Place: Remembering the First Deep-Space EVA, Five Decades On

By Ben Evans, on August 5th, 2021

Fifty years ago today, astronaut Al Worden spacewalked further from Earth than any other human being. To this day, he is one of only three men in history to have spacewalked in the yawning void between Earth and the Moon. […]

Next Cygnus Cargo Ship Named for Challenger Hero Ellison Onizuka

By Ben Evans, on July 14th, 2021

@NorthropGrumman has named its next #Cygnus mission to @Space_Station after Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. […]

Atlas Rocket Stacked, Awaits Starliner's Arrival for 2nd Orbital Flight Test July 30

By Mike Killian, on July 13th, 2021

The uniquely configured ULA AtlasV rocket is assembled following initial stacking operations for the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the OFT-2 mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew program to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no sooner than July 30. Photos: ULA

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is full steam ahead at […]