In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has ...

The final nail in the Atlas V’s coffin has nothing to do with how much money it takes to put a payload into orbit, but everything to do with the engines the rocket uses to do it. Since the ...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) will soon close out production of its Atlas V rocket, completing a stock of 15 boosters set to fly on contracted missions. With ULA’s future focus on the Vulcan rocket, ...

Although this particular engine was new, the design dated back ... and the RD-180 successfully launched an Atlas III rocket in May of 2000. Thanks for the tip, [M]! Retrotechtacular is a column ...

The research and production association Energomash (an affiliate of Roscosmos) has successfully tested the rocket engines RD-180 and RD-191 for the United States’ rockets of the Atlas family and ...

The Vulcan rocket has a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 main engines, but the vehicle is helped ... While ULA has stopped manufacturing Atlas V rockets, it still has 15 in its inventory.

MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The United States plans to continue using Russian RD-180 rocket engines for its Atlas launch vehicles, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket roars away from Cape Canaveral ... Powered by a Russian RD-180 first stage engine and five strap-on solid-propellant boosters, the Atlas 5 roared to life ...

ULA's new Vulcan rocket, which will replace the Atlas V, has launched on two successful test flights. The company ...