NASA’s Launch Services Program announced today that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) proven Delta II launch vehicle for three future missions. The newly contracted missions include Orbiting ...
NASA scrubbed the launch of the Lockheed Martin NOAA-N Prime weather satellite at 2 a.m. PST Feb. 4 when a pressurization system on the Boeing Delta II rocket failed. An immediate repair of the ...
In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch missions into orbit, according to a study soon to be published in the ...
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., (Oct. 24, 2008) – A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services, successfully launched the third Italian-built Constellation of Small ...
Not all junk stays in orbit, and not all things that land are found. A Delta 2 rocket launched in 1990, re-entering the atmosphere within months. Yet it took 18 years to discover the rocket casing on ...