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Preview: Atlas 5 rocket to launch NASA magnetic field study
A $1.1 billion science investigation involving four formation-flying satellites circling the Earth will share a single Atlas 5 rocket launch Thursday night from Cape Canaveral to probe explosions in the magnetic field with millisecond speed.
Flight Readiness Review passed for next week’s Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and NASA's four MMS satellite probes passed their Flight Readiness Review on Friday that assessed the progress of work and affirmed plans to launch next Thursday night.
Could Delta rockets soon be a thing of the past?
With as few as 15 more launches on the calendar over the next five years, the rocket name "Delta" that has been serving the U.S. and international customers since 1960 could permanently fade into history.
Photos: Shroud installed around satellite quartet, connected to Atlas 5
NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale mission spacecraft were encapsulated Feb. 23 in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket's nose cone at the commercial Astrotech processing campus in Titusville. Delivery of the payload to the Atlas 5 assembly building for mating occurred on Friday, Feb. 27.
Four satellites mated to Atlas 5 rocket
Four NASA satellites that will create a constellation of formation-flying spacecraft were placed aboard their shared United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Friday.
VideoSMAP observatory unfurls large science antenna structure
Deploying its marquee element in space Tuesday, NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft took a major step towards realizing its science potential.
VideoVideo: Groundbreaking for commercial crew access tower
There was a groundbreaking Friday at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 to start building the astronaut access tower to board Boeing's CST-100 capsules atop United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets.
VideoLaunch America getting new access gantry for astronauts
A groundbreaking Friday ceremonially commenced construction of an astronaut access tower at United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 launch pad in Florida, a 200-foot-tall gantry that will add to the future of U.S. human spaceflight.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on March 12 has completed its basic build up at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility.
Delta 4 on pad for next GPS launch
The Delta 4 rocket to launch the next Global Positioning System satellite to sustain the orbiting navigation network has been rolled out to the launch pad.