SM-65A Atlas ICBM in 1958 Naturally, the Atlas V that’s flying today looks nothing like the squat stainless steel rocket that carried John Glenn to orbit in 1962. Aerospace technology has ...

Flying its final national security mission − titled USSF-51 − the Atlas V rocket carried a top secret payload for the United States Space Force. When is the next Florida launch? Is there a ...

Ph.D., who was also there to witness the launch. Parker died in 2022 at 94 years old. ULA is replacing its workhorse rocket, the Atlas V, and the Delta Heavy with the new Vulcan rocket.

First reported by Spaceflight Now, the "de-stacking" will clear ULA's vertical hangar for assembly of an Atlas V rocket—the Vulcan's predecessor—to launch the first batch of operational ...