WASHINGTON — The race to replace the Russian RD-180 rocket engine is steadily moving forward as companies plug away on developing and testing new engines and launch systems. Help in the form of ...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s congressional overseers appear divided over the timetable for weaning the U.S. Air Force from a controversial Russian rocket engine, a matter that sources say likely will ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2016 NDAA, which exempted a total of nine RD-180 engines, prevailed in the compromise bill hashed out by House and Senate conferees. Credit: ULA ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the replacement of the RD-180 all but inevitable, the head of a Russian space agency downplayed concerns about losing the engine's biggest buyer: the Lockheed Martin and ...
FB: Too fast? Air Force leaders warn Congress the move away from the Russian-made RD-180 could limit the service's ability to launch Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, told the ...
Space launch vehicles usually require multiple stages to accelerate the spacecraft to speeds necessary to place payloads in their intended orbits. The first or boost stage, at the base of the rocket, ...
On Jan. 8, United Launch Alliance successfully launched its first Vulcan rocket. Driven by a goal to end ULA’s reliance on a Russian-built engine, which powered Vulcan’s predecessor, the launch capped ...
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