13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
... to a 6 kilowatt Hall thruster, increasing overall mission efficiency and flexibility. United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. (ULA) in Centennial, Colorado, 3 projects, $10 million, $2 million, and $1.9 million respectively “Integrated Vehicle Fluids Flight...
16 August 2019
SNC remains optimistic about crewed Dream Chaser
... soon as its second flight, however, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) big, new heavy-lift rocket will make its private-sector ...International Space Station (ISS). SNC had previously announced that ULA would launch at least the first two ISS resupply ...
15 July 2015
ULA Atlas V blasts off from Cape Canaveral with GPS IIF-10 – and shows how SpaceX needs a longer track record
... recent SpaceX launch failure has gone off without a hitch. This is the 55th successful launch for ULA’s Atlas V rocket. The GPS IIF-10 satellite it carries is a new addition to the U.S. military’s Global Positioning System. Perhaps...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... the infrastructure incrementally while returning profit along the way. An example of such a business model was developed by ULA based on using space-sourced propellant to ferry satellites from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit. Based on this...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... vehicles as part of its programme to return to the lunar surface. If NASA could purchase that propellant at the price ULA offered, it would represent enormous savings for the agency. Water extraction The greatest value of the Moon...
18 November 2015
Elon Musk's SpaceX may partner with the U.S. government
... date. One of the major setbacks faced by ULA recently was the new Pentagon ban on Russian RD-180 rocket engines, often ...used by ULA in the past. SpaceX, in turn, is able to provide a ...
