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Two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicle sends a Space Force craft to geosynchronous Earth orbit.

The spacecraft’s inaugural crewed flight test will now occur no earlier than 4:43 p.m. EDT on Tuesday after teams discover a new issue.

A former contractor of Boeing valve supplier Aerojet Rocketdyne is urging the space agency to “redouble” safety checks before attempting another launch.

An issue with the relief valve on the upper stage of the Atlas rocket prompted the decision about two hours before the scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral.

The launch of the spacecraft headed to the International Space Station is one of the last steps before its certification for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy space launch vehicle will carry a classified payload from the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Despite the failure to land on the moon as planned, NASA said four out of five of its payloads on Peregrine were able to collect data in flight.

This week’s moon mission won’t be the last in 2024 for NASA…or Astrobotic, the company behind Monday’s launch.

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket payload included Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander.

The U.S. Space Force is advancing investment in next-generation rocket development, awarding $87.5 million in contracts to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance. The awards announced this week were made in response to a request for prototype proposals put forth by USSF in May for rocket engine testing and upper stage resiliency […]