Workers using an overhead crane lower the second stage of a Delta II launch vehicle toward the first stage for mating at NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida, on May 10, 2011. The payload ...
In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch missions into orbit, according to a study soon to be published in the ...
Not all junk stays in orbit, and not all things that land are found. A Delta 2 rocket launched in 1990, re-entering the atmosphere within months. Yet it took 18 years to discover the rocket casing on ...
The planned launch of a Delta 2 rocket and its international cargo at Vandenberg Air Force Base has been delayed at least 24 hours due to a software glitch. Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance ...