By Jason Rhian, on September 21st, 2013 AmericaSpace broke its core photography team into two elements this past week to report on two launches taking place in a single day. Photo Credit: Alan Walters & John Studwell / AmericaSpace
Virginia Is for (Rocket) Lovers:
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va — Concerns about high-upper level winds and cloud ceilings failed to materialize […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 18th, 2013 Since December 2006, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has flown a total of 75 missions with three families of boosters—the Delta II, Delta IV, and Atlas V. Tonight’s launch of an Atlas V successfully inserted the U.S. Air Force’s third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-3) satellite into orbit. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
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By Ben Evans, on September 17th, 2013 This version of the Atlas V employs a fairing (the protective cover covering the payload) made in Switzerland, three solid rocket boosters manufactured by Aerojet, and RD-180 engines produced in Russia. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA)—the Centennial, Colo.-based launch services organization, which operates the Atlas V and Delta IV […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 5th, 2013
NASA has selected four landing sites for the upcoming InSight mission to the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA
In late November, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is expected to thunder away from Earth on a one-way trip to study the thin atmosphere of Mars, but the next mission to land on the Red Planet’s […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 30th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/xNJ8LSsRmn8[/youtube_video]
Video courtesy of AmericaSpace / Wired4Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance’s ULA Mariner, a ship owned by Foss Marine, delivered the Atlas V 401 rocket which will be used to power NASA’s Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission on its way to Mars. Launch is currently scheduled to […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 26th, 2013 The ULA Mariner, operated by Foss Marine, safely delivered the first stage and Centaur upper stage, which will be used to begin NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, on the road to Mars. Photo Credit: Jeffrey J. Soullere / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA greeted […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 14th, 2013 Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
Next month, the Centennial, Colo.-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) will hit a milestone by launching its 75th mission since the company was formed in December 2006. Already deep into processing, the Atlas V vehicle for the scheduled late September mission will deliver the U.S. Air Force’s third […]
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By Ben Evans, on July 10th, 2013 An Atlas V rocket with its GPSIIF4 payload launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
Between them, they have spent nearly five decades sending robotic explorers to almost every planet—and a few “non-planets,” too—in our Solar System. Missions bound for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, […]
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