SM-65A Atlas ICBM in 1958 Naturally, the Atlas V that’s flying today looks nothing like the squat stainless steel rocket that carried John Glenn to orbit in 1962. Aerospace technology has ...
The research and production association Energomash (an affiliate of Roscosmos) has successfully tested the rocket engines RD-180 and RD-191 for the United States’ rockets of the Atlas family and ...
The launch vehicle Atlas 5 was put on the 41st launching pad at the spaceport on Cape Canaveral, State Florida. On Monday, the rocket will bring into the outer space the satellite MAVEN (Mars ...