Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 rocket stands on LC-14 at Cape Canaveral ahead of its historic May 15, 1963 launch. (Image credit: NASA) The Convair Atlas D (or LV-3B/SM-65D) went on public ...

The rocket operator released a time-lapse video on Sunday showing the Atlas V rocket moving from the Vehicle Assembly ...

An LV-3B/SM-65D Atlas rocket installation in the Missile Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This new exhibit represents the launch vehicle for USAF Maj. Gordon Cooper’s ...

United Launch Alliance will launch its 2nd batch of Amazon satellites into space — and it's possible people can see Atlas V ...

To put U.S. astronauts into orbit, NASA used modified Atlas-D missiles as launch vehicles for four manned flights in the 1962-63 Mercury program, the museum said.

According to the post, the rocket emulates the launch vehicle for United States Air Force Major L. Gordon Cooper’s Mercury-Atlas 9 mission from May 15 to 16, 1963.. This mission was the final ...

The Boeing Starliner was boosted into sub-orbital altitude by an Atlas V rocket booster. The Atlas V rocket descends from the legacy of the original Atlas launch vehicle used in the Gemini space ...

July 30 (UPI) --The United Launch Alliance saw its Atlas V rocket liftoff from Florida for a national security mission on Tuesday morning. The Atlas V lifted off from Launch Complex 41, south of ...

Launch Complex 14 was the site for John Glenn’s historic liftoff and for the three Mercury-Atlas missions that followed. After Mercury, it was used in support of the Gemini program — but ...

5: Launch + 270 seconds, ULA Atlas V rocket launch visibility extends beyond Florida to these other states and cities: Georgia ; Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Columbus, Georgia ...