The Atlas V ignited its Russian-made RD-180 engine 2.7 seconds before liftoff. The five GEM-63 SRBs then ignited, and the vehicle launched from CCSFS on 12 meganewtons of thrust. The Atlas went ...

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Insulated tanks kept the fuel stable. Booster Stage: The 12.5-foot (3.8-meter) wide, 106.5-foot (32.5-meter) long booster used an RD-180 engine, burning refined kerosene (RP-1) and liquid oxygen to ...

Andy Pasztor is a former aerospace reporter for The Wall Street Journal. The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday embraced an advisory group’s call for expanding voluntary peer-support ...