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NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will be flying aboard the X-37B miniature spaceplane later this month.
ULA chief explains reusability and innovation of new rocket
United Launch Alliance will salvage the main engines through a mid-air recovery plan and reuse them again aboard the company's new Vulcan rocket, saving 90 percent in booster propulsion costs, the company announced Monday.
VideoVideo: Animation of Vulcan launch
This animation depicts United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket blasting off.
Artwork: ULA Vulcan rocket revealed
These are artist's concepts and press conference briefing slides from the United Launch Alliance unveiling of its new Vulcan rocket to debut in 2019.
ULA unveils its future with the Vulcan rocket family
Meet the Vulcan, the next-generation rocket family brought to you by United Launch Alliance that comes with a bold reusability plan, multiple configurations for medium- to heavy-lift, all-American engines and serves as the eventual replacement for the historic Atlas and Delta rocket lines.
Stats: Delta 4 history and manifest
Here's a look by the numbers of the previous Delta 4 flight history and the remaining flights of the rocket named Delta.
Snapshots from Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off Thursday night with NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale satellite quartet in a successful flight from Cape Canaveral.
VideoRecap story: Atlas 5 rocket launches NASA satellite quartet
Four magnetic explosion probes in a towering stack atop an Atlas 5 rocket rode a fountain of flame off the launch pad and into Earth orbit Thursday night for a $1.1 billion NASA science investigation into a universal force of nature.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with four NASA satellites
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Thursday night at 10:44 p.m. EDT (0244 GMT) with NASA's four formation-flying MMS satellites.
Atlas 5 rolled to the pad for Thursday night’s liftoff
Riding the rails to the launch pad Wednesday morning, the Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 for liftoff Thursday night to deploy four NASA satellites that will probe Earth's magnetosphere for a high-priority research project.