Tag: Atlas 5
-
Preview: X-37B spaceplane to journey back into space Wednesday
CAPE CANAVERAL — An experiment-carrying, reusable mini space shuttle operated by the U.S. Air Force will be boosted into Earth orbit Wednesday atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. It will be the fourth flight of the military’s X-37B program, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle mission No. 4. The project is run inside…
-
Photos: X-37B gallery archive
This is a collection of images taken during the three previous flights of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mini space shuttle. Photo credit: Air Force, Boeing and United Launch Alliance
-
Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle
The fourth flight of the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is scheduled for launch atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral. Let’s take a look back at the three previous missions in these video clips: OTV 1 Launch on April 22, 2010: Landing on Dec. 3 2010: OTV 2 Launch on…
-
ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
Artist’s concept of a GPS 3 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch of a next-generation GPS navigation satellite for the first in a series of competitive rocket procurements between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, service officials announced Wednesday. The Air Force released a draft request for proposals Wednesday for…
-
Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force’s miniature space shuttle and its ride to orbit have been joined together inside an assembly building at Cape Canaveral in preparation for launch May 20. The X-37B spaceplane will be boosted into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, flying in its 501 varient with a big…
-
NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
CAPE CANAVERAL — In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will be flying aboard the X-37B miniature spaceplane later this month. Liftoff is targeted for May 20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
-
New details emerge about electric propulsion experiment aboard X-37B
Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — All systems are now “go” for launch of the Air Force’s X-37B mystery spaceplane on May 20 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. Officials had delayed the X-37B launch by two weeks — from May 6 to no earlier than May 20 — due to an undisclosed…
-
Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching
File photo. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle. “We are excited about our fourth X-37B mission,” said Randy Walden, the director of the Air…
-
Stats: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 histories and backlogs (updated April 20)
Atlas 5 manifest Atlas 5 flight history Delta 2 and 4 manifest Delta 4 flight history
-
ULA sees clean handover of Boeing crew launches to Vulcan rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance vows a “seamless” switch from the Atlas 5 to the new Vulcan rocket in launches of Boeing’s astronaut taxis. ULA is the launch provider of Boeing’s CST-100 capsule under NASA’s commercial crew program that will start ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil in 2017. On…