Volume 14; Issue 231 ~ Zero-G News (ISSN 2333-7257) ~ A Publication Of Ares Institute, Inc.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at 9:50 a.m. PST. Designated NROL-79, the mission is in support of national defense. ULA Atlas / V NROL-79 Launch Highlights “I congratulate everyone who made this morning’s launch a success.
Friday, January 20, 2017
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft this evening. The first launch from the East Coast in 2017 blasted into the night sky from Space...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
NASA took another big step to ensure reliable crew transportation to the International Space Station into the next decade. The agency’s Commercial Crew Program has awarded an additional four crew rotation missions each to commercial partners, Boeing...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Blazing a trail into the early evening sky, the first asteroid sampling mission launched launched by NASA blasted into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT, September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a...
Thursday, July 28, 2016
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 July 28 at 8:37 a.m. EDT. Designated NROL-61, the mission is in support of...
Friday, February 5, 2016
Continuing a record of perfect mission reliability, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the 12th Boeing-built Global Positioning System GPS IIF satellite this morning from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Space station cargo resupply missions from U.S. soil resumed today with the successful return to flight of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft on the OA-4 mission. Delayed three days due to inclement weather at Cape Canaveral, Cygnus blasted...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Soaring through a crystal-clear autumn afternoon, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully orbited the next-to-last craft of the current generation of Global Positioning System satellites, GPS IIF-11. Following a 24-hour delay so the ULA ground...
Friday, October 2, 2015
United Launch Alliance successfully launched its 100th mission today with an Atlas V rocket carrying the Morelos-3 satellite for Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation. The mission, procured for Mexico by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, launched...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Putting on a spectacular pre-sunrise light show, a United Launch Alliance successfully orbited the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite on September 2, blasting off at 6:18 am EDT from Space Launch Complex 41 at...
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