For 14 minutes last week, Cape Canaveral was treated to one of the most spectacular displays of rocketry in its 11-year space-age history. Splashing a white, blue and orange vapor trail across the ...

The rocket pads at Cape Canaveral have been comparatively quiet for months. Only an occasional missile roars aloft, and to jaded Florida bird watchers, the Atlas-Agena that lifted off last week was ...

Sure, but that’s Atlas V and Delta IV. When Atlas got an Upper stage, they called it Atlas-Able, or Atlas-Agena, or Atlas-Centaur. When it got a stretch and new engines, it became the Atlas II.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is part of the suite of consoles ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the Agena-B upper stage used ...

On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick mid-course correction on its way to Venus. It had launched just eight days ...

Imagine 500 million short copper wires – no longer than the tip of your index finger — floating in space creating what amounts to an antenna belt that could be used to send messages and conduct other ...

The long-retired launch pad where astronaut John Glenn lifted off to become to the first American to orbit Earth is getting a new lease on life. The U.S. Space Force on Tuesday (March 7) announced it ...

On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Mariner 2 flew by Venus after a 3½-month voyage through space. The mission launched just one month ...