A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on July 30 for the United States Space Force-51 mission.
Credit: United Launch Alliance
A decade after Congress began a series of bans on Russian rocket engines for U.S. military missions, the final national security payload to be carried aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V lifted off July 30. The booster’s Russian-made RD-180 engine ignited at 6:25 a.m. EDT to begin a...
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