The Delta IV Heavy will certainly have a legacy of launching national security missions, along with NASA's Orion spacecraft on an orbital test flight in 2014 and NASA's Parker Solar Probe in 2018 ...

The countdown continues for Thursday’s launch of the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

The triple-booster Delta IV Heavy creates around 2.1 million pounds of thrust as it leaves the launchpad. That’s 400,000 pounds more than SpaceX’s single-booster Falcon 9 rocket, ...

The Delta IV Heavy is always a spectacular launch thanks to 2.2 million pounds of thrust and an interesting quirk at launch that makes it look like the rocket is on fire. “To me, it is kind of sad.

Delta Heavy refers to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket. The ULA rocket made history for its transportation of the NASA Parker Solar Probe in 2018 and the first orbital test flight of ...

The Delta IV Heavy will be launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 37. It was constructed in 1963 and used for uncrewed Apollo missions aboard Saturn I and IB rockets.

The Delta IV Heavy, which first flew in 2004, launched early afternoon from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying an intelligence satellite to a ...

The Delta II retired in 2018 with the last medium-lift version of the Delta IV flying in 2019. The Delta IV Heavy, which had flown 15 times before this launch since its debut in 2004, was the lone ...

Delta IV Heavy, we're ready for your fiery − and final − show. The last launch ever for United Launch Alliance's powerful rocket is one you won't want to miss. The Delta IV Heavy rocket will ...

Now, the very last Delta IV Heavy ever is on the launchpad. Liftoff was scheduled for 2:45 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Less than four minutes before the launch was to occur, ...

About 1 minute and 30 seconds into the flight, Delta IV Heavy broke the sound barrier. One minute after that, it weighed just half what it did at takeoff due to the amount of fuel it must consume.

The Delta IV Heavy made its debut in 2004. Mission: ULA's last Delta IV Heavy triple-core rocket will launch on the NROL-70 national security mission. Launch window: 12:53 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April ...