Air Force Set for Test Flight of New Rocket
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The Air Force is scheduled to launch a new Delta 4 rocket here Saturday afternoon in a test that will help determine whether it can become a &quot;heavy lift
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The US Air Force has praised a new Boeing Co. rocket meant to loft schoolbus-sized military satellites, despite its failure to put a dummy spacecraft into its planned orbit this week.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 12--WALLOPS ISLAND -- Disappointed Air Force officials say it will be Thursday "at the very best" before their Minotaur I rocket will blast off here for space.
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LOS ANGELES NASA will try again today to fly an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach Ten, or seven-thousand-miles-per-hour.
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Russia&#39;s new medium launch vehicle Soyuz M-2 will make its maiden flight on Friday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced on Monday.
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The U.S. Air Force's latest fighters are forced to abort a test flight when onboard computers clocks go awry
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Boeing&#39;s new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket must wait a further week before making its maiden flight from Florida, US. All the technical issues on the 70m-tall (230ft) vehicle that delayed its weekend blast-off
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LOS ANGELES -- The future of hypersonic flight is uncertain, but next week a tiny unmanned NASA jet will try to hurtle into that unknown on a one-way trip at 10 times the speed of sound.
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Problems with ground equipment are expected to delay a test launch of a new Russian rocket designed to ferry cargo to the International Space Station.
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The Air Force is planning to fire at least five officers for an incident in which nuclear-armed missiles were mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the U.S. -- the worst known violation of nuclear security rules in decades.
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GOLDEN,  Colorado - NASA's next mission to Mars--the Phoenix lander--is undergoing readiness testing in preparation for an early August launch window.
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Following its successful test flight in June, the American Mojave Aerospace team, led by Burt Rutan and backed by Paul Allen, plans to launch its first official flight in pursuit of the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Wednesday.
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Twelve Russian strategic bombers will  take part in an Arctic exercise on Monday and Tuesday including  tactical launches of cruise missiles, an air force spokesman  said.
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Boeing&#39;s new Delta 4 Heavy rocket is less than an hour away from its planned 4:31 pm EST launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today.
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NASA is finally ready  to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle  Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38  p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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By Ja'Rena Lunsford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--Rocketplane Kistler is one step closer to launching a demonstration flight to the International Space Station.
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The U.S. Air Force on Monday issued   a draft request for proposals in a long-awaited   multibillion-dollar competition to replace its aging aerial   refueling tankers over the next 30 to 40 years.