{"id":11783,"date":"2021-03-28T23:46:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/delta-2-rocket-exhibit-opens-at-kennedy-space-center\/"},"modified":"2021-03-28T23:46:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:46:43","slug":"delta-2-rocket-exhibit-opens-at-kennedy-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/delta-2-rocket-exhibit-opens-at-kennedy-space-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta 2 rocket exhibit opens at Kennedy Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50860\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50860\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc_1.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc_1-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Launch Alliance\u2019s final Delta 2 rocket is now displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ULA, U.S. Space Force, NASA, and Visitor Complex officials gathered Tuesday for a grand opening ceremony. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>United Launch Alliance\u2019s final Delta 2 rocket is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, a monument to an industry workhorse that helped build the GPS navigation satellite fleet and enabled a new era of Mars exploration.<\/p>\n<p>The 155th and final flight of a Delta 2 rocket took off Sept. 15, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with NASA ICESat 2 satellite to measure changes in Earth\u2019s land and sea ice.<\/p>\n<p>The launch added an exclamation point to a streak of 100 straight successful Delta 2 missions from 1997 through 2018. ULA had hardware for one more Delta 2 rocket, but the company did not sell the launcher. Instead, ULA donated the Delta 2 to become the newest attraction in the Rocket Garden at the KSC Visitor Complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you United Launch Alliance for making this amazing addition,\u201d said Therrin Protze, chief operating officer at the Visitor Complex, in a grand opening ceremony March 23.&nbsp;\u201cThis addition is timely as more people are visiting to learn all about space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BhKF64AKEu8\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Delta 2, with its recognizable blue color scheme, joins the Juno 1, Juno 2, Mercury-Redstone, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena, Thor-Delta and Gemini-Titan 2 vehicles standing in the Rocket Garden. A Saturn 1B rocket is displayed nearby on its side.<\/p>\n<p>The Delta 2 is the second largest rocket displayed in the Rocket Garden, exceeded only by the Saturn 1B.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a monumental occasion as the legacy of Delta 2 will be preserved here for years to come, taking its place among the iconic giants here in the Rocket Garden,\u201d said Ron Fortson, ULA\u2019s director and general manager of launch operations.&nbsp;\u201cThis is the final Delta 2. Since it won\u2019t be launching, we couldn\u2019t think of a better place for it to be than right here being preserved in this fitting location with all these other iconic rockets.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50863\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50863\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-13-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Launch Alliance\u2019s Delta 2 rocket stands near the Mercury-Redstone, Thor-Delta, Juno 2, Atlas-Mercury, Atlas-Agenia, and Gemini-Titan 2 vehicles in the Rocket Garden at the KSC Visitor Complex. Not visible are the Juno 1 and Saturn 1B rockets. Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delta 2\u2019s basic design traces its origins to the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile in the late 1950s. Engineers uprated the Thor missile by adding a series of more capable upper stages, extending the size of its propellant tanks, and installing strap-on solid rocket boosters to carry heavier satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Thor\u2019s evolution into a reliable satellite launcher culminated in the Delta 2 rocket, which debuted in 1989 and lofted 48 GPS navigation satellites, Mars rovers, interplanetary probes, and numerous military and communications payloads in its nearly 30-year career.<\/p>\n<p>The Delta 2 displayed in the Rocket Garden stands 128 feet (39 meters) tall, topped by a 10-foot-diameter (3-meter) payload fairing. Most of the rocket was built as a flight-worthy launch vehicle, with the exception of three unfueled solid rocket boosters mounted around the base of the first stage.<\/p>\n<p>The payload shroud is painted shark\u2019s teeth, an insignia that harkens back to Delta 2 launches with GPS navigation satellites. Those rockets also carried the shark\u2019s teeth, an Air Force tradition that dates back to the \u201cFlying Tigers\u201d group of volunteer pilots that fought against Japan in China during World War 2.<\/p>\n<p>Delta 2 rockets launched with three, four, or nine strap-on solid rocket boosters to assist the first stage\u2019s Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-27A main engine, which consumed kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants during the first four-and-a-half minutes of flight.<\/p>\n<p>A second stage powered by an AJ10-118K engine fed by a storable fuel blend known as Aerozine 50 finished the job of placing payloads into orbit. On many missions, the Delta 2 flew with a solid-fueled third stage to propel spacecraft into higher orbits or toward interplanetary destinations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kxAHgB64Qh8\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Delta 2 has been a workhorse for NASA throughout its career,\u201d said Bob Cabana, director of NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center. \u201cWe\u2019ve sent probes all over our solar systems with the Delta 2, to the planets, to the sun, and missions right here to planet Earth, making the Earth a better place, all because of that rocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Delta 2 rocket exhibit is the first major addition to the Visitor Complex since the opening of the shuttle Atlantis display in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Atlantis moved into the Atlantis facility, it was kind of heartbreaking for me to see that,\u201d said Cabana, a former astronaut. \u201cThat\u2019s a real rocket behind us, it could have flown in space, but instead \u2014 just like Atlantis \u2014 it\u2019s on its second career right now. It\u2019s on a mission of inspiration for the future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the 155 Delta 2 missions, 153 were successful. Delta 2 rockets lofted satellites to help forecast the weather, monitor Earth\u2019s changing climate, and explore the moon, Mars, Mercury, comets, and asteroids.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50862\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50862\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_spirit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_spirit.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_spirit-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_spirit-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_spirit-678x445.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta 2 rocket lifts off June 10, 2003, with NASA\u2019s Spirit rover heading for Mars. Credit: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Mars Pathfinder mission, which carried the first rover to the Red Planet, took off from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket in 1996. The Spirit and Opportunity rovers launched toward Mars on Delta 2 rockets in 2003, followed by the Phoenix lander in 2007, which became the first spacecraft to touch down on the Martian polar plains.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey orbiters also launched on Delta 2 rockets in 1996 and 2001. Mars Odyssey is still operating today, making it the longest-lived Mars mission in history.<\/p>\n<p>A Delta 2 rocket launched NASA\u2019s Stardust spacecraft in 1999 to collect dust particles from comet Wild 2, and another Delta 2 mission in 2005 deployed NASA\u2019s Deep Impact spacecraft to release a copper projective that slammed into comet Tempel 1, collecting data on the comet\u2019s internal structure composition.<\/p>\n<p>The final Delta 2 launch from Cape Canaveral took off Sept. 8, 2011,&nbsp;with NASA\u2019s GRAIL mission, a pair of probes to measure the moon\u2019s gravity field. Five more Delta 2s lifted off from Vandenberg, a spaceport suited for launches into polar orbit, which is often used by Earth-observing satellites.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VDDTpqMg3M\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe missions have been amazing and varied: GPS that has changed our lives, weather satellites, mobile satellite telephones, space telescopes, trips to the moon, Mars and Mercury, comets and asteroids, and countless spacecraft studying our beloved Mother Earth,\u201d said Tim Dunn, a launch director at NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unfailing Delta 2 team that earned this rocket\u2019s virtues and its appropriate nickname, the workhorse,\u201d Dunn said. NASA has a terrific history on the Delta 2 rocket. Of the 155 total Delta 2 missions, NASA had 54 of them, and every single one of them successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the missions of exploration, Delta 2 rockets launched satellites to begin the full-scale deployment of the U.S. military\u2019s Global Positioning System. The first Delta 2 launch on Valentine\u2019s Day of 1989 delivered the first of 48 GPS satellites Delta 2 rockets would carry into orbit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50864\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50864\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc9-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The military utility of the GPS network was demonstrated in the Gulf War in 1991, the first conflict that widely employed satellite navigation using spacecraft launched on Delta 2 missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gulf War was considered in many ways the first space war,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy, commander of the 45th Space Wing and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. \u201cIt\u2019s where the space elements within the Air Force really started coming into their own. You could say a lot of the groundwork was laid then for the creation of the Space Force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now billions of civilians around the world use GPS navigation signals to guide their journeys by land, sea, and air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have GPS, you have Delta 2 to thank for the capabilities we have in that arena,\u201d Fortson said.<\/p>\n<p>Delta 2 rockets also launched numerous satellites for Iridium and Globalstar, pioneering companies in the mobile telecommunications industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom national security to space exploration, the Delta 2 has changed what we know about the world we live in today and it\u2019s affected all of our lives,\u201d Fortson said.<\/p>\n<p>Engineers who worked on the Delta 2 program are now working on ULA\u2019s other rockets, like the Atlas 5, Delta 4, and the next-generation Vulcan Centaur. Others have moved on to other space companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these groups of engineers, analysts and technicians benefited from this rocket\u2019s unprecedented record of success and consistent performance,\u201d Dunn said. \u201cI believe the success of this rocket has left a huge ripple effect on the launch systems we have today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional photos of the Delta 2 rocket exhibit are posted below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50865\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50865\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2-saturn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2-saturn.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2-saturn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2-saturn-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2-saturn-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Delta 2 rocket is seen earlier this month before attachment of three dummy solid rocket boosters. NASA\u2019s Saturn 1B rocket is seen on the left. Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50866\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50866\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Delta_II-6-678x1017.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50867\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50867\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc8-678x1017.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50868\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50868\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc3-678x1017.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50869\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50869\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc4.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc4-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50870\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50870\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/d2_kscvc7-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy, commander of the 45th Space Wing; Ron Fortson, ULA\u2019s director and general manager of launch operations; Bob Cabana, director of the Kennedy Space Center; Tim Dunn, launch manager in NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program; Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Launch Alliance\u2019s final Delta 2 rocket is now displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ULA, U.S. Space Force, NASA, and Visitor Complex officials gathered Tuesday for a grand opening ceremony. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance\u2019s final Delta 2 rocket is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1807,1808,428,1809,25,679,257,190],"class_list":["post-11783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-delta-2","tag-global-positioning-system","tag-kennedy-space-center","tag-kennedy-space-center-visitor-complex","tag-launch","tag-launch-services-program","tag-military-space","tag-nasa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}