The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has achieved a major milestone in preparation to launch the Mars 2020 mission to investigate whether life ever existed on Mars. The Out-of-Autoclave (OoA) fairings will be used on upcoming Atlas V launches to accumulate flight experience before use on Vulcan Centaur, reducing risk for our next-generation rocket. Atlas V was developed by Lockheed Martin under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) – now National Security Space Launch (NSSL) – program and made its … Atlas V 531: CCAFS, SLC-41: NROL-101: Classified NRO: Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. In fact, a significant portion of systems will have flown on Atlas and Delta rockets before its inaugural launch … This will be the first launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with new Northrop Grumman-built GEM-63 solid rocket motors. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Learn what Atlas V milestones to watch for during live launch coverage. The rocket has an approximately 150-minute launch window that opens at 8:24am ET (12:24 UTC). Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with on the sixth flight of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane. United Launch Alliance on Sunday successfully launched its Atlas V rocket carrying the secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, one day after bad weather in … The spacecraft will explore the Jezero Crater to study the …

ATLAS V TO LAUNCH PERSEVERANCE • Rocket: Atlas V 541 • Mission: NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover • Launch Date: NET July 30 • Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Mission Information: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket will launch NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars.