Scott PowersMay 17, 2022
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Boeing is seeking to get back off the ground in its crewed space program.
Tag: Atlas V rocket
Scott PowersMay 17, 2022Scott PowersDecember 17, 2019
Boeing, NASA plan next big step toward returning to crewed flights with Starliner test launch Friday
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This mission is uncrewed. The next is planned for astronauts.
Scott PowersApril 12, 2017
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After multiple delays last month, last on March 23, Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance are now shooting for next Tuesday for launch of a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Orbital ATK, one of NASA’s two companies under contract to ship equipment, food and other supplies to astronauts in space, will be launching […]
Scott PowersMarch 20, 2017
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Suddenly again, Cape Canaveral is a busy place for rocket launches, maybe busier than it’s been in 50 or 60 years. On Friday OrbitalATK hopes to launch an International Space Station resupply capsule atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. If all goes well, it will be the third launch in 11 days, following […]
Scott PowersNovember 10, 2016
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Cape Canaveral is getting back in the rocket-launching business next week with the blast-off of an Atlas V rocket carrying a new-generation weather satellite into space. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V is set for launch Nov. 19 from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a one-hour launch window opening at 5:42 p.m. […]
Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016
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The Atlas V rockets that would blast American astronauts into space in a couple of years will be wearing a skirt. United Launch Alliance and Boeing announced Wednesday they have created a new configuration of the venerable Atlas V rocket to eliminate an aerodynamic stability problem identified with carrying Boeing’s Starliner Crew Capsule during launch […]
Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016
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Against a clear blue sky illuminated by a setting sun, an Atlas V rocket streaked into space Thursday evening sending the OSIRIS REx spacecraft on a long trek to go grab some asteroid gravel and bring it back to Earth. The launch countdown and 7:05 p.m. blast-off went flawlessly at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sending […]
Scott PowersJune 24, 2016
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An Atlas V rocket blasted off into a beautiful Florida summer sky Friday morning, lifting a Navy communications satellite into orbit. The United Launch Alliance rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the first chance in its launch window, at 10:30 a.m. The Atlas V successfully delivered the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Mobile […]
Scott PowersJune 21, 2016
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The oft-delayed launch of United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas V rocket has been reset for Friday, signaling that the company has resolved its concerns about an engine-firing glitch in the last launch. The rocket will carry the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite into orbit. It’s now set for blastoff between 10:30 and […]
Scott PowersMay 20, 2016
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The next big NASA unmanned science mission, to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect samples, and bring them back to Earth, will have a Sept. 8 launch date, NASA announced Friday. OSIRIS-REx will be sent on a multiyear mission that will begin with an evening launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base atop a […]