An Atlas 5 rocket launched spaceward late Thursday, hauling a clutch of six military research satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) booster shot into the ...

The Atlas V rocket successfully launched Tuesday morning in a secret Space Force mission. USA TODAY. ... My parents kept my adoption a secret. At 47, I discovered a whole new family.

This will mark the final national security mission for the Atlas family of rockets. The USSF-51 mission is a secret payload for the Space Force.

The top secret payload sat atop the Atlas V rocket, which measures 196 feet tall fully stacked. ULA noted the Atlas V rocket weighs 1.29 million pounds once fully fueled for liftoff, and that it ...

The ULA Atlas V 511 rocket, with its extra-wide faring and lone side rocket booster, will blast off from Space Launch Complex-41. United Launch Alliance will use this unique configuration to ...

The Atlas family of rockets have been a mainstay of America’s space program since the dawn of the Space Age, when unused SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) were refurbish… ...

The rocket operator released a time-lapse video on Sunday showing the Atlas V rocket moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. ULA chief Tory Bruno noted ...

The Atlas V will ascend into low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission — named KA-01 for Kuiper Atlas 1 — has a two-hour launch window.

By dawn's early light, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket streaked away from Cape Canaveral Thursday, kicking off a six-hour mission to place a $1.1 billion military communications satellite ...

“This rocket can do what the full family of Atlas and Delta rockets can do.” As a single core vehicle, Vulcan’s heavy configuration will not require strapping three boosters together like Delta.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified U.S. Space Force satellite — the booster's final national security payload — blasted off from Cape Canaveral two minutes after ...

The United Launch Alliance has successfully launched its first Atlas V rocket of 2021. The Atlas V took off at approximately 1:37 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...