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4 days ago · U-L-A is short for United Launch Alliance. That’s the company that built the Atlas Five rocket in Alabama at its factory in Decatur. The Atlas has carried unmanned satellites and space probes up to now. Previous payloads have included the Mars InSight lander to the Red Planet and the New Horizons mission to Pluto.
4 days ago · Trumpet satellites have used Atlas V 411 and Delta IV M+ (4,2) rockets while FIA-Radar launches have to date used the larger Atlas V 501 and Delta IV M+ (5,2) vehicles. As this launch uses the 401 version of Atlas, NOSS seems to be the most likely option since the recent launches under the NOSS program have employed the 401 version of the Atlas V.
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Cryogenic rocket engine. A cryogenic rocket engine is a rocket engine that uses a cryogenic fuel and oxidizer; that is, both its fuel and oxidizer are gases which have been liquefied and are stored at very low temperatures. [1] These highly efficient engines were first flown on the US Atlas-Centaur and were one of the main factors of NASA 's ...
5 days ago · These propellants have each been built off of the knowledge the team gained from their precursors and have been our steps towards high performance, low cost, a pourable solid propellant for use in 4-6" diameter motors in the 10-100 kilonewton-second range.
23 hours ago · United Launch Alliance Atlas V N22. The Atlas V N22 is a crew rated variant of the Atlas V 422 – it sports two solid motor strap on boosters with two liquid fueled stages. It will be primarly used to support NASA’s Commercial Crew program by taking the CST-100 to orbit.
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
- May 7, 2024
3 days ago · Atlas V. 100th mission. 1st mission of 2024. ULA will launch Atlas V N22 with Starliner CFT from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA.
5 days ago · Description. Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9, designated also Faith 7) was the fourth and final manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The pilot was L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. The objectives of MA-9 were to: (1) evaluate the effects on the astronaut of approximately one day in orbital flight; (2) verify that man can function for an extended period in ...
