Sixty‑nine years ago, Atlas took its first flight! Since that first launch, the Atlas family has carried out 691 missions across national security, commercial, scientific and human spaceflight, standing as a foundational pillar of America’s space program.
@AlexHollings52 It’s just like people calling every crew capsule or rocket a space shuttle, some things will always elude the general public’s knowledge base
@DJSnM@wk057 Curious idea would be to supplement the solar panels with a RTG-like power system that uses the waste heat to help reduce the size of solar panels needed
For the first time in history, you can hear what a 2nd stage sounds like with our new live audio from space. We use structure born vibe to recreate audio. Listen for stage sep, electric pumps spool up and ignition. Pretty cool!
ULA’s Vulcan rocket is certified for national security space missions ushering a new era of space capability for the US. Any payload, anytime, directly to any orbit.
#VulcanRocket#USSF#Certification@USSF_SSC
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