News Archive / Tagged: Delta IV Heavy
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NASA studying option to fly Orion EM-1 on commercial rockets
Derek RichardsonMarch 14th, 2019The head of NASA told senators the first SLS flight would again be delayed and the agency is “considering all options” to get the program back on track.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe begins 2nd orbit of the Sun
Jim SharkeyJanuary 31st, 2019Parker Solar Probe is pulling back the curtains of our parent star and is well on its way to rewriting humanity's understanding of how stars work.
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Gallery: NROL-71 mission finally gets underway
Derek RichardsonJanuary 20th, 2019After several scrubbed attempts, United Launch Alliance was finally able to launch its Delta IV Heavy rocket with the secretive NROL-71 payload.
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NROL-71 kicks off ULA’s 2019 launch manifest
Patrick AttwellJanuary 19th, 2019LOMPOC, Calif. — United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed its first flight of 2019. Today's launch utilized the largest rocket in the Colorado-based company's arsenal to send a classified payload into space. In doing so the company finally managed to move past a saga of delays.
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NROL-71 launch date now under review
Jason RhianJanuary 5th, 2019LOMPOC, Calif. -- After numerous delays it now appears that the flight of a Delta IV Heavy rocket will be pushed back even further.
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2019 US launch manifest to open with Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 flights
Derek RichardsonDecember 30th, 2018The United States' 2019 orbital launch manifest looks to be just as busy as 2018 with the first two missions of the year poised to be spillover from 2018.
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‘Hold hold hold’: NROL-71 mission scrubbed
Derek RichardsonDecember 9th, 2018LOMPOC, Calif. — Just seconds before the planned liftoff of a Delta IV Heavy rocket with the NROL-71 payload, an automatic abort of the launch sequence was triggered.
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Classified: A review of US defense missions launched in 2018
Patrick AttwellDecember 5th, 2018LOMPOC, Calif. -- 2018 has seen five payloads launched for the Department of Defense. Two of these missions were classified and one failed. With the upcoming flight of a ULA Delta Heavy with the NROL-71, SpaceFlight Insider takes a look back at the DoD's 2018 launch manifest.
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Parker Solar Probe becomes closest spacecraft to Sun
Derek RichardsonOctober 30th, 2018Just 11 weeks after launch, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has already beaten the record for the closest spacecraft to the Sun—and it’s only going to get closer.
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Gallery: Flight to light – ULA sends Parker Solar Probe toward the Sun
Jason RhianAugust 12th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- United Launch Alliance sent NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft on its way to "touch the surface of the Sun" (our parent star's coronasphere) on Sunday, Aug. 12. The launch service provider had about an hour in which to get the rocket and its precious cargo off the launch pad at Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 37. However, the Colorado-based firm managed to get the mission underway at the very opening of the window at 3:31 a.m. EDT (7:31 GMT).
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Thundering toward light: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe begins journey to Sun
Michael ColeAugust 12th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's long-awaited Parker Solar Probe launched thunderously into the night sky atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. Its goal? To unlock the secrets of Earth's parent star.
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Technical issues plague 1st launch attempt of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Derek RichardsonAugust 11th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s mission to touch the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe, will have to wait at least one more day as various technical issues with the Delta IV Heavy rocket ultimately led to a scrub of the Aug. 11, 2018, attempt.
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Parker Solar Probe stands ready to be propelled into the face of the Sun
Michael ColeAugust 9th, 2018KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is edging closer to its long-awaited launch, scheduled no earlier than (NET) 3:33 a.m. EDT (19:33 GMT) on Saturday, August 11. The spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37B (SLC-37B) atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket on its mission to study the Sun's corona and the solar wind.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attached to Delta IV Heavy rocket
Jim SharkeyAugust 2nd, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A spacecraft that has been designed and built to "touch the Sun" has completed two critical milestones that place it one step closer to flight.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission slips 5 days
Jason RhianJuly 24th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's mission to "touch the Sun" will have to wait a couple more days before blazing a trail toward Earth's parent star. The space agency said Tuesday that more inspection time is needed for the Parker Solar Probe.
