Delta 4-Heavy&#39;s demo flight critical to military missions
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America&#39;s new heavy-lifting rocket takes its much-anticipated test flight Saturday, if Mother Nature cooperates. The Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket was supposed to launch today, but the forecast for strong winds
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, which only signifies a partial success.
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Because its first stage burned out prematurely, Boeing Co.&#39;s Decatur-built Delta IV heavy-lift rocket Monday put a dummy satellite payload in an orbit closer to Earth than expected, Boeing said in a Wednesday news release.
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WASHINGTON -- The early shutdown of the Delta 4 Heavyâs propulsion system during the Boeing-built rocketâs demonstration launch Tuesday prevented three satellites on board from reaching orbit.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- The explosive growth of tools and toys using data from the US military&#39;s array of Global Positioning System satellites is showing no signs of letting up, and the US Air Force aims to meet demand.
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Delta Air Lines&#39; decision to close its hub at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and cut 2,000 jobs might seem like a big blow to the world&#39;s third-busiest airport.
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BAGHDAD -- The US command has ordered changes in flight operations after four helicopters were shot down in the last two weeks, the chief military spokesman said yesterday, acknowledging for the first time that the aircraft were lost to hostile fire.
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Faced with &quot;significant&quot; challenges to its new military transport plane, aeronautical and defence group EADS has announced an &quot;action plan&quot; in an attempt to stick to its delivery timetable.
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Boeing Co. said Wednesday it had successfully launched its Delta IV heavy-lift rocket for the first time, but a demonstration satellite was placed at a lower orbit than planned.
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The first in a new generation of US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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Weather bumped The Boeing Co.&#39;s demonstration launch of the Decatur-made Delta IV Heavy rocket from today to Saturday. Boeing delayed the inaugural launch of the rocket for 24 hours because of
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch of Boeing&#39;s new Delta Four heavy-lift rocket was scrubbed for a second time Sunday because of technical problems.
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President Bush&#39;s military records, including personal flight logs just released by the Pentagon, paint a picture of a solid, if hardly outstanding, pilot who energetically performed his duties
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems  propulsion and composite technologies supported yesterday's successful launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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nick-bts writes &quot;CNN, the BBC and Space.com are reporting the first successful launch of the new Boeing Delta-4 Heavy, capable of lifting 23 tonnes into a low-Earth orbit (similar to the space shuttle).
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ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc.&#39;s tentative deal with pilots for $1 billion in concessions gives the nation&#39;s third-largest carrier much-needed breathing room.
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(CBS/AP) As a fighter pilot for the Texas Air National Guard, then-Lt. George W. Bush was assigned to fly F-102&#39;s out of Houston&#39;s Ellington Air Force Base.