News
-
Video: Missile alert satellite launches atop Atlas 5
Read more →: Video: Missile alert satellite launches atop Atlas 5The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 189 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000…
-
Photos: Another SBIRS soars atop Atlas 5
Read more →: Photos: Another SBIRS soars atop Atlas 5The Atlas 5 rocket lifted the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile warning sentinel into orbit, advancing space technology…
-
Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts off
Read more →: Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts offMarking United Launch Alliance’s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions,…
-
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket receives its payload for Jan. 19 launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket receives its payload for Jan. 19 launchThe third Space Base Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, or SBIRS GEO Flight 3, was hoisted atop the…
-
Future of asteroid deflection mission to be decided soon
Read more →: Future of asteroid deflection mission to be decided soonArtist’s concept of the European-built AIM spacecraft, along with two proposed deployable CubeSats, observing the collision of NASA’s…
-
Saturn’s shepherd moon Daphnis makes waves
Read more →: Saturn’s shepherd moon Daphnis makes wavesThe wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view taken by the Cassini spacecraft Jan. 16. It is…
-
Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with SBIRS GEO Flight 3
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with SBIRS GEO Flight 3The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape…
-
Launch failure probe prompts engine swap on Soyuz crew’s rocket
Read more →: Launch failure probe prompts engine swap on Soyuz crew’s rocketFile photo of a Soyuz rocket’s RD-0110 engine. Credit: Energia Russian engineers will replace rocket engines on two…
-
Timeline: Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 3 ascent events
Read more →: Timeline: Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 3 ascent eventsThis is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape…
-
Falcon 9 booster, first recovered off West Coast, back in port
Read more →: Falcon 9 booster, first recovered off West Coast, back in portThe first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched Saturday has returned to port in Southern California after…
-
SES 10 telecom satellite in Florida for launch on reused SpaceX rocket
Read more →: SES 10 telecom satellite in Florida for launch on reused SpaceX rocketA Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster descends to a propulsive landing on a platform in the Atlantic…
-
Experimental flight of Japanese sounding rocket falls short of orbit
Read more →: Experimental flight of Japanese sounding rocket falls short of orbitCredit: JAXA A small research rocket launched from Japan fell into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after attempting…