07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
... 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 ...
04 May 2018
NASA's InSight mission gears up for tomorrow's launch
...time however, the lander will blast off tomorrow (5 May) from the west coast of America aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The official start of the countdown begins today at 10:14 a.m PDT (13.05 p.m EDT/17.05 p.m GMT) but starting...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
... year, helped commemorate the milestone in Starliner's journey. Starliner now sits atop its ride to space, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at ULA's Vertical Integration Facility (VIF), where it awaits the Integrated Systems Test; a tip...
01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
... Martin and Northrop Grumman, involves a multipart descent and ascent system that could launch on the company’s own New Glenn rocket and United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket. Conceptual designs of the Dynetics lander, which...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract, will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Once its payload is delivered, the uncrewed, robotic spaceplane will...
07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... Blue Origin also lost out to SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture, following the...with the company on phase 2 of its National Security Space Launch project. The company are however in the lead when it comes...
