ULA Wins Multi-Year Competitive Contract Award to Launch Critical National Security Space Missions for the U.S. Space Force
Award represents 60 percent of the missions of the 5-year Phase 2 procurement The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60 percent of the missions on its newest launch procurement contract. This contract resulted from a competitive award under the Space Force’s Read More
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for Starlink mission launched – with photos
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a Starlink 9 (10) mission launched at 1:12 AM EDT or 5:12 UTC Friday August 7th from historic launch complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Florida photos by Scott SCHILKE Spacenew.lu (space-news.es) On board are 57 SpaceX sun visor equipped broadband communication satellites for the Starlink network and 2 ride Read More
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for Starlink mission launch Friday, first photos
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a Starlink 9 (10) mission is poised to try again for a launch attempt at 1:12 AM EDT or 5:12 UTC Friday August 7th from historic launch complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Florida with 70% go for weather. On board are 57 SpaceX sun visor equipped broadband communication satellites Read More
SES Selects United Launch Alliance to Launch Two C-Band Satellites to Accelerate C-Band Clearing
U.S.-based United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket will launch satellites into orbit as part of SES’s contribution to facilitate 5G across America SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has selected U.S.-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch two C-band satellites. This launch is part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet Read More
NASA Astronauts Safely Splash Down after First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 2:48 p.m. EDT Aug. 2, 2020, where the spacecraft is recovered by SpaceX and brought aboard the recovery ship 'Go Navigator.' photos credits: NASA Television Two NASA astronauts splashed down Read More
Video NASA Mars Mission launch by Scott Schilke
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ULA Atlas V Successfully Launches Mars 2020 Mission for NASA with S.Schilke photos
Launch Marks ULA’s 20th Mission to the Red Planet A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on July 30 at 7:50 a.m. EDT. ULA and its heritage rockets have launched every U.S. led mission to Mars, beginning Read More
NASA with Perseverance rover on his way to Mars – launch photos 30.7.2020
Today’s final critical milestone — acquisition of signal — has been achieved. In essence, Perseverance has phoned home to let us know it’s officially on the way to Mars. “This signifies that JPL’s (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory) deep space network has locked on to the spacecraft, which is on its journey to Mars,” said NASA Read More
NASA Mars Rover is ready to liftoff
July 29, 2020 NASA's Mars Rover is ready to liftoff from United Launch Alliance LC-41 tomorrow morning for a mid February 2021 landing on the red planet in Jezero crater. photo copyright Scott Schilke AutoMobilSport.com The main goal is to determine if there was extinct life or microbiological life on Mars in this ancient river Read More