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May 7, 2024 · The Atlas III, introduced in 2000, was the last to use the “stage and a half” design. It also used in its first stage a Russian-produced rocket engine, the RD-180, the design of which was based on the RD-170 developed for the Soviet Energia and Zenit launch vehicles.
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May 8, 2024 · Boeing's Starliner spacecraft and its Atlas V rocket roll off the launch pad and toward an assembly facility on May 8, 2024. ... Liquid oxygen has long been used as the oxidizing propellant in ...
1 day ago · The Little Joe rocket used solid-fuel propellant and was originally designed in 1958 by NACA for suborbital crewed flights, but was redesigned for Project Mercury to simulate an Atlas-D launch. It was produced by North American Aviation.
- United States
- Big Joe 1, September 9, 1959
- Mercury-Redstone 3, May 5, 1961
- NASA
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1 day ago · As Orbital had little experience with large liquid stages and LOX propellant, the first stage core was designed and is manufactured in Ukraine by Pivdenne Design Office and Pivdenmash and includes propellant tanks, pressurization tanks, valves, sensors, feed lines, tubing, wiring and other associated hardware.
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May 15, 2024 · Mercury-Atlas 9 at Launch Complex 14. The gantry has been pulled back, but the rocket has not been filled with propellants.
3 days ago · The spacecraft was launched on an Air Force-Convair Atlas D intercontinental ballistic missile coupled to Thor-Able upper stages including an Able solid propellant third stage. The vehicle exploded 68 seconds after launch at an altitude of 12 km due to a malfunction in the first stage.
May 7, 2024 · Military News. Boeing Calls Off Its First Astronaut Launch Because of Valve Issue on Rocket. Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 after the...
