News Archive / Tagged: Michael Gass
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Political tensions embolden move towards new U.S. rocket engine development
James TuttenJune 6th, 2014U.S. government officials are continuing to voice their disapproval with Russia’s actions in the Crimea and the eastern border of Ukraine with a new legislative proposal to end the United State’s reliance on Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines. If approved by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama, this provision added to the 2015 National Defense […]
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ULA marks 25th anniversary of Delta II rocket
Jim SharkeyFebruary 16th, 2014On Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 United Launch Alliance (ULA) commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Delta II launch vehicle. A quarter century earlier, on February 14, 1989, a Delta II lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the GPS BII-01 satellite to orbit. While it was designed specifically to accommodate the Block II series of GPS […]