Now, ending an era in American spaceflight, the 16th and final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off at 1:40 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – United Launch Alliance (ULA) has set a new launch date for the final Delta IV Heavy rocket after a technical issue caused a scrub for the first attempt.

At 320 feet tall, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is massive, standing taller than the SpaceX Falcon Heavy and ULA Delta IV Heavy rockets. When Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin launches its New ...

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now ...

Delta IV Heavy rocket. One is capable of crusing down the highway with a gross combined weight rating (vehicle, passengers and trailer) of 25,400 pounds. The other is easily capable of lifting ...

A graphic below compares New Glenn to the Saturn V and United Launch Alliance's powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket. If successful, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will be certified to carry Department ...

and was supposed to qualify the rocket to run national security missions like Falcon 9, and like Atlas V and Delta IV before it. But there was a problem. As I noted in October, the Federal ...

ULA returns to the second spot for 2024 after finally delivering its new Vulcan rocket to orbit in January. In addition to two Vulcan launches, the company also flew its final Delta IV Heavy ...