Atlas V can fly in a number of different configurations – varying the number of boosters, number of engines on the upper stage and the size and type of fairing used in order to tailor the rocket ...

Also, at the end of December there was a successful test of the liquid propellant rocket engine RD-191 for the launch vehicle Angara, the press-service said. Atlas V is a two-stage medium or heavy ...

The final nail in the Atlas V’s coffin has nothing to do with how much money it takes to put a payload into orbit, but everything to do with the engines the rocket uses to do it. Since the ...

Energomash is supplying RD-180 rocket engines to the United States for Atlas III and Atlas V launch vehicles. The first agreement on RD-180 engines was made in 1997 and provided for delivery of ...

The Chevrolet small-block V-8, for example ... the-box thinking and outstanding technological advancements, the Atlas engine family. That Atlas family consisted of three main engines; the front ...

Launch Recap: Scroll down for live updates from the July 30 launch of Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41. It was good morning for a launch! At 6:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, a United Launch ...