News
-
Photos: More Delta 4 launch shots
Read more →: Photos: More Delta 4 launch shotsThe United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket blasts into the predawn skies at Vandenberg Air Force Base with…
-
Gravitational waves detected, opening new era in astronomy
Read more →: Gravitational waves detected, opening new era in astronomySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of two merging black holes. Credit: NASA A century…
-
Delta 4 goes against the grain to backwards orbit for spy bird
Read more →: Delta 4 goes against the grain to backwards orbit for spy birdSoaring in fine fashion before daybreak, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket maneuvered a new spy satellite…
-
Video: Delta 4 launches before dawn from California
Read more →: Video: Delta 4 launches before dawn from CaliforniaA replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching on the NROL-45 satellite-deployment mission for the…
-
Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 mission
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 missionA collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-45…
-
Photos: Delta 4 rocket revealed
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 rocket revealedThe 32-story-tall mobile service tower is retracted from the Delta 4 rocket at Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 6…
-
National Reconnaissance Office to begin year’s manifest with Delta 4
Read more →: National Reconnaissance Office to begin year’s manifest with Delta 4File of Delta 4 Medium+ (5,2) on the pad at Vandenberg. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now. See more images…
-
SES says SpaceX will launch its satellite in late February
Read more →: SES says SpaceX will launch its satellite in late FebruaryThe Falcon 9 rocket’s last launch from Cape Canaveral was in December. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next launch from…
-
Photos: NROL-45 payload fitted atop Delta 4 for launch
Read more →: Photos: NROL-45 payload fitted atop Delta 4 for launchThis collection of photographs shows the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-45 payload, already encapsulated in the Delta 4…
-
‘Slick 6:’ 30 years after the hopes of a West Coast space shuttle
Read more →: ‘Slick 6:’ 30 years after the hopes of a West Coast space shuttleThe shuttle Enterprise sits atop SLC-6 for “fit checks” in 1985. Credit: Air Force It was 1986 and…
-
Videos: Atlas 5 caps a generation of GPS launches
Read more →: Videos: Atlas 5 caps a generation of GPS launchesA replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-12 satellite from…
-
Recap story: Last GPS satellite of its generation arrives in space
Read more →: Recap story: Last GPS satellite of its generation arrives in spaceCAPE CANAVERAL — The main engine rumbling to life. Ice shards breaking free. The rocket lumbering off the…