United Launch Alliance
Pluto’s ‘Heart’ Revealed as New Horizons Probe Starts Flyby Campaign: 5 Days Out
The Huge Heart of Pluto Pluto’s “Heart” is seen in this new image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager…
New Horizons Exits Safe Mode, Operating Flawlessly for Upcoming Pluto Encounter
Latest color image of Pluto taken on July 3, 2015 shows 4 mysterious dark spots. Best yet image of Pluto…
Genesis of ULA’s New Vulcan Rocket Borne of Fierce Commercial and Political Pressures: Interview
Fierce commercial and international political pressures have forced the rapid development of the new Vulcan launcher family recently announced by…
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First Interplanetary CubeSats to Launch on NASA’s 2016 InSight Mars Lander
NASA's two small MarCO CubeSats will be flying past Mars in 2016 just as NASA's next Mars lander, InSight, is…
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NASA’s Journey to Mars Ramps Up with InSight, Key Tests Pave Path to 2016 Lander Launch
NASA’s ‘Journey to Mars’ is ramping up significantly with ‘InSight’ - as the agency’s next Red Planet lander has now…
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U.S. Air Force Certifies SpaceX for National Security Launches, Ending Monopoly
SpaceX Falcon 9 is now certified for USAF launches. SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon blastoff from Space Launch Complex 40…
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X-37B Air Force Space Plane Launches on 4th Mystery Military Mission and Solar Sailing Test
Blastoff of the X-37B spaceplane on United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the OTV-4 AFSPC-5 satellite for the…
Hunting LightSail in Orbit
The hunt is on in the satellite tracking community, as the U.S. Air Force’s super-secret X-37B space plane rocketed into…
Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Launches on May 20 with Military, NASA and LightSail Payloads: Watch Live
Fourth flight of the secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is set for blastoff on May 20, 2015…
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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Enters Final Assembly
OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first ever spacecraft designed to collect and retrieve pristine samples of an asteroid for return to Earth has…