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Jun 24, 2020, 13:11 PM
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has achieved a major milestone in preparation to launch the Mars 2020 mission next month to investigate whether life ever existed on Mars.
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Jun 22, 2020, 04:27 AM
Practice is essential whether you are an athlete preparing for a big game, trying to master the skills of playing a musical instrument or launching a rocket during a narrow opportunity to reach another planet.
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Jun 1, 2020, 11:03 AM
From the moment an Atlas first stage arrives at Cape Canaveral until giving the "Go Atlas" call seconds before liftoff, ULA's David Kube works as the lead engineer managing all aspects to ready the stage for launch.
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May 19, 2020, 13:02 PM
With less than two months until launch, the Atlas V rocket has arrived at Cape Canaveral from the factory for its mission to send NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars in search of ancient life.
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May 14, 2020, 12:27 PM
Saturday's Atlas V launch of the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission exemplifies the American spirit that we can still do great things during difficult times.
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May 10, 2020, 07:11 AM
From an auto mechanic to the chief engineer of the Atlas rocket fleet, Marty Malinowski has always been intrigued with what makes things tick.
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May 6, 2020, 09:11 AM
The United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) payload featuring the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has been hoisted atop United Launch Alliance's next Atlas V rocket in preparation for launch on Saturday, May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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Apr 27, 2020, 06:02 AM
A streamlined two-day process last week at Cape Canaveral assembled the Atlas V rocket to launch the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission.
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Mar 13, 2020, 08:52 AM
The capstone satellite to the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications system has been mounted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket for its ride into orbit on March 26.
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Feb 28, 2020, 11:38 AM
A half-million pounds of hardware have come together at Cape Canaveral's Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to form the Atlas V 551 rocket for the first launch of a national security space mission on behalf of the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
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Feb 3, 2020, 11:35 AM
It has the outward appearance like no other rocket, but the unique Atlas V 411 vehicle launching Solar Orbiter is tailored to the performance needed to achieve the Earth departure trajectory for making repeated close encounters with the sun.
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Jan 31, 2020, 12:40 PM
Solar Orbiter has been hoisted atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will launch the spacecraft to the sun for repeated close encounters and detailed observations over the next decade.
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Jan 26, 2020, 07:10 AM
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has achieved a major milestone in preparation to launch Solar Orbiter on Feb. 7 for a mission to explore the uncharted polar regions of the sun.
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Jan 13, 2020, 11:57 AM
The R/S RocketShip sailed into Port Canaveral today to deliver the Atlas V rocket that will launch the sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) secure military communications satellite for the Space and Missile Systems Center.
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Jan 11, 2020, 07:40 AM
The Delta IV Heavy rocket that will perform the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was successfully put through its countdown paces in a critical pre-flight test Friday, Jan. 10.
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Jan 8, 2020, 14:30 PM
The Atlas V rocket has been stacked to launch Solar Orbiter, an international spacecraft bound for the inner solar system to gain unprecedented insights into the lifestyle of the sun.
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Dec 19, 2019, 06:07 AM
A racecar-driving rocket scientist is directing the ULA operations team that will launch the two test flights of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft atop Atlas V rockets.
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Dec 17, 2019, 11:07 AM
Eight specialists from United Launch Alliance and The Boeing Co., known as the Blue Team, will rehearse their job of loading astronauts into Starliner spacecraft during the Atlas V rocket's countdown to the Orbital Flight Test launch.
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Dec 16, 2019, 06:29 AM
United Launch Alliance's most seasoned launch conductor will orchestrate the countdown to fuel and ready the Atlas V rocket for liftoff on the historic inaugural voyage of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
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Dec 15, 2019, 07:06 AM
The Atlas V rocket will fly a special trajectory to space when launching Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsules, a flight path that requires the Centaur upper stage to use two engines instead of one.
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