Vertical Integration Facility

Mars Science Laboratory’s Gateway to Space – The Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – United Launch Alliance (ULA) uses a structure that incorporates several launch and support operations into…

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Crewed Variant of X-37 Space Plane Proposed

[/caption] As reported online at Space.com, the Boeing Company is already working on the CST-100 space taxi as a means…

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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser to Conduct Drop Test Next Summer

[/caption] It looks as though the efforts to get commercial space taxis off the ground – is succeeding. Sierra Nevada…

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Behind the Scenes: Curiosity’s Rocket Prepared at Vertical Integration Facility

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- One of the more dramatic buildings operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA) at Kennedy Space…

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Assembling Curiosity’s Rocket to Mars

[/caption] Assembly of the powerful Atlas V booster that will rocket NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover to Mars is…

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