...that the company was concentrating its resources on developing a liquid hydrogen engine under a contract with United Launch Alliance announced in March. That effectively puts development of the company’s Lynx suborbital spaceplane on hold. “Following...
...structures can be arbitrarily large since they will not have to fit inside a launch vehicle. These efforts can evolve from existing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing... Engineer for the Atlas V payload fairing at United Launch Alliance.
... hardware to the International Space Station. The Cygnus is scheduled to launch at 5:55 p.m EST (2255 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. This is the fourth resupply mission performed...
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft was successfully launched to the ISS by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on March 22 ...be determined later and depend on NASA's schedule. Prior to that launch, Orbital ATK plans to carry out a static fire test of ...
... debut. Credit: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The heavy rocket is comparable to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy launcher, although SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, scheduled for flight early 2017, is expected to be larger than...
... due to strong winds high in the atmosphere. The launch attracted thousands of sightseers, crowds not seen since NASA's... Earth orbit. Though it is not as tall or wide as United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy, it has more than twice the capability of ...