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ULA launches last Delta rocket after 64 years (video, photos)

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After six decades of launches, the launch of the very last Delta rocket on Tuesday (April 9) marked a change in the way the US sends satellites, interplanetary probes and spacecraft into orbit. United Launch Alliance (ULA) has ignited its final Delta IV Heavy rocket to launch NROL-70, a classified payload for the U.S. National … Read more

Last Delta 4 Heavy carries NRO spy satellite into space

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Ending an era in American rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a secret spy satellite in the last hurray of a legendary rocket family dating back to the beginning of the space age. The Heavy’s three hydrogen-powered RS-68A first stage engines ignited with a stream of … Read more